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Overnight Russian Blitz on Kyiv Kills 15
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|June 18, 2025
An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed 15 people and injured 156, local officials said on Tuesday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-story Kyiv apartment building in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
KYIV:
At least 14 people were killed as explosions echoed across the Ukrainian capital for almost nine hours, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said, destroying dozens of apartments.
Russia fired more than 440 drones and 32 missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling the Kyiv attack "one of the most terrifying strikes" on the capital.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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