Numerous Russian missiles have hit locations all throughout Ukraine, including the nation's capital Kyiv, which hasn't been hit by a missile in two months because Russia has turned its military offensive to the country's Donbas area.
The attacks on Sunday, June 26, demolished a nine-story apartment building in Kiev, leaving at least one person dead and six others, including a little child, injured
14 Russian missiles fired from Russia during the Ukraine War destroyed a kindergarten and a nine-story residential building in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
In addition, a nine-story building in Kyiv had its upper floors torn off, and a sizable blast crater was left in the playground of a nearby nursery school. Officials reported that the mother of the injured girl, a Russian national, was also extricated from the wreckage and transported to a hospital.
War in Ukraine: 14 Russian missiles hit Kyiv, the country's capital, leveling a nine-story residential building and a kindergarten (pictures/video)
Later, they claimed, the girl underwent surgery and was "in stable condition."
14 Russian missiles fired from Russia during the Ukraine War destroyed a kindergarten and a nine-story residential building in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army's training facilities were reportedly hit by high-precision weaponry on Sunday in the cities of Chernihiv, located north of Kiev, and Zhytomyr and Lviv, located west of the city.
The Lviv district of Starychi was targeted in an attack approximately 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Poland, another NATO member.
Numerous Russian missiles have hit locations all throughout Ukraine, including the nation's capital Kyiv, which hasn't been hit by a missile in two months because Russia has turned its military offensive to the country's Donbas area.
The attacks on Sunday, June 26, demolished a nine-story apartment building in Kiev, leaving at least one person dead and six others, including a little child, injured.
14 Russian missiles fired from Russia during the Ukraine War destroyed a kindergarten and a nine-story residential building in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Also in Kiev, a nine-story building's top floors were torn away, and a sizable bomb hole was gouged in a playground of a nursery school. Russian citizen mother of the injured girl was also extricated from the wreckage and transported to a hospital, according to officials.
14 Russian missiles fired from Russia during the Ukraine War destroyed a kindergarten and a nine-story residential building in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The strike on Starychi district in Lviv was just 30km (19 miles) from the border with Nato member Poland.
Dozens of Russian missiles have struck targets across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv which has not suffered missile attacks in two months since Russia shifted its military offensive towards the Donbas region of Ukraine.
The attacks on Sunday, June 26 destroyed a 9 storey Kyiv apartment block , killing at least one and wounding six others including a seven-year-old girl.
Ukraine war: 14 Russian missiles strike Ukraine Capital Kyiv, destroying 9 storey apartment building and kindergarten (photos/video)
Also in Kyiv, a large blast crater was gouged in a nursery school playground, near a nine-storey building whose top floors were ripped apart. The injured girl's mother - a Russian citizen - was also pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital, officials said.
Ukraine war: 14 Russian missiles strike Ukraine Capital Kyiv, destroying 9 storey apartment building and kindergarten (photos/video)
They said the girl later underwent a surgery and was "in stable condition".
Ukraine war: 14 Russian missiles strike Ukraine Capital Kyiv, destroying 9 storey apartment building and kindergarten (photos/video)
Ukraine's military said the 14 missiles were launched from Tupolev bombers over the Caspian Sea, some 1,450km (900 miles) away. And on Saturday, it said, Russian missiles were fired from Tupolevs flying over neighbouring Belarus.
Ukraine war: 14 Russian missiles strike Ukraine Capital Kyiv, destroying 9 storey apartment building and kindergarten (photos/video)
The Russian defence ministry said high-precision weapons struck Ukrainian army training centres on Sunday in the regions of Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, and Zhytomyr and Lviv west of the capital.
The strike on Starychi district in Lviv was just 30km (19 miles) from the border with Nato member Poland.
The strikes came as leaders of the G7 group of the world's richest nations began a three-day summit in Bavaria, southern Germany, with the war in Ukraine top of the agenda. They are expected to promise further military support for Kyiv and impose more sanctions on Moscow.
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