KYIVE: Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 10people and wounding dozens of others, as negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow break down. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the latest overnight barrage as "one of the most horrific attacks" on Kyiv since the Kremlin launched its attack of Ukraine more than three years ago.
Zelensky said a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles were launched in the strikes nationwide and urged the international community not to "turn a blind eye". Russian President Vladimir "Putin does this solely because he can afford to continue the war. He wants the war to go on," he said. Journalists saw smoke billowing over the capital's skyline at dawn and a multiple-storey housing block gutted by the attack.
Zelensky had been hoping to speak with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, but the US president cut short his visit, amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Russia hit some 27 sites in Kyiv overnight and some residents were left without electricity, officials said. — AFP
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