Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv injures 6, including 4 children

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Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on May 7, striking residential buildings in the capital and injuring at least six people, including four children, officials reported.

Fires have been reported at several residential buildings in the Dniprov, Shevchenkivskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi neighborhoods of the capital.

At least six people were injured in the Dniprov district due to a drone strike, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko added that four children were injured as a result of the attack.

A total of three people have been hospitalized following the attack.

First responders have been dispatched to the sites of attack.

Kyiv Independent journalists first reported explosions around 1 a.m. local time, as Ukraine Air Force warned of missile strikes on Kyiv. Additional explosions were reported around 4:30 a.m. amid the threat of drone attacks.

The attack on the Ukrainian capital comes ahead of the start of Russia's Victory Day celebrations on May 7, with 29 world leaders expected to attend events in Moscow.

Russia stepped up its attacks against Ukrainian civilians in the past weeks, resulting in numerous casualties reported in Kryvyi Rih, Sumy, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kyiv.

On May 4, a Russian drone attack on Kyiv injured 11 people, including 2 children, and damaged a shopping mall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a three-day ceasefire for Russia's Victory Day commemorations between May 7 and 9 — a proposal that President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected, calling it a a "theatrical performance," designed to ease Russia’s international isolation and create a favorable atmosphere for Moscow.

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When a Russian drone strike set a high-rise across the street on fire just after midnight on May 4, 34-year-old veteran Petro Kryvoruka shook his wife, Halyna, awake in their Kyiv apartment. As the buzzing of drones continued, he braced for another explosion. “I told (my wife), ’Something is coming,

The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova

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