Russian drone, missile strikes kill 10 in Kyiv

Russia fired dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine on June 23, ripping open a housing block in Kyiv, killing 10 civilians and burying others beneath the rubble.

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A flurry of diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have stalled, with the last direct meeting between Kyiv and Moscow almost three weeks ago and no follow-up talks scheduled.

AFP journalists heard drones flying over the capital and explosions ringing out during the overnight barrage.

Kyiv resident Natalia Marshavska, who was kept awake by the attack, described to AFP how the buzzing of one drone grew louder and louder until it was directly overhead.

"I realised it was right above us. And then there was an explosion — all in a matter of seconds," she told AFP. The blast threw her across the room and shattered the windows in her flat before smoke began billowing everywhere, she said.

"It was horrible."

The Russian army said it used precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles to strike Ukrainian military facilities and claimed that "all the designated targets were destroyed".