Death toll from Russian attack on Kyiv rises to 21

Rescuers said yesterday the death toll from a major Russian attack on Ukraine's capital the previous day had risen to 21, with more than 130 wounded.

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Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv early on Tuesday in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called “one of the most horrific attacks” on the capital of the three-year war.

“In total, 21 people died in the capital and 134 people were injured," Ukraine's state emergency service wrote on Telegram.

It added that 16 bodies had been recovered from the rubble of a single nine-story apartment building in the Solomyansky district.

The previous death toll given by Kyiv’s mayor was 14.