Kyiv missiles kill three

A PRE-DAWN Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital killed three people, including a nine-year-old girl and her mother, officials have said

The strikes led to the highest casualty toll from a single attack on Kyiv over the past month.

The latest Russian attack, using what Ukrainian officials said were short-range Iskander ground-launched missiles, coincided with events scheduled in Kyiv to celebrate International Children’s Day yesterday. Those events were cancelled.

Ukrainian air defences shot down all 10 cruise and ballistic missiles launched by the Kremlin’s forces but falling debris caused damage and casualties on the ground, wounding 16 people, according to authorities.