Russian attack kills 10 in Kyiv

Kyiv, Ukraine --- Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 10 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky said represented a clear disregard for peace negotiations.

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Russia has rained down aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities despite US President Donald Trump’s push for a ceasefire and even as it talks up the importance of ending the war, triggered by its February 2022 full-scale invasion.

At dawn, residents and emergency service workers were clearing debris from streets strewn with broken glass and building materials, an AFP journalist at the scene of one strike in central Kyiv saw.

The attack had blasted a five-storey crater in one apartment block, ripping the building in two, images posted by Zelensky showed.

The windows of residential buildings and small businesses in the surrounding block were blown out.

Mattresses hung out of crumpled balconies, blown open in the strike.

At least eight people were killed, Zelensky said, including a child.