Russia fired 31 missiles, 636 drones on Ukraine, 14 killed

Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 14 people overnight across Ukraine, including a child, local officials said Thursday, one of the latest waves of missile and drone attacks in the ongoing war.The attacks targeted several cities, including the capital Kiev and the southern port city of Odessa, causing widespread damage to residential buildings and infrastructure.Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in the capital, while dozens were injured. Describing the scale of the destruction he said, “A drone … literally flew into an 18-storey apartment block.”“Rescue teams rescued a mother and child from a heavily damaged building,” he said.Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Air Force said it had intercepted 31 missiles and 636 drones in the last 24 hours.The increase comes amid continued attacks from across the border in the four-year conflict. According to news agency AFP, Russia has intensified nightly drone attacks, while Ukraine has also carried out attacks inside Russian territory.

Attack in many areas, dozens injured

According to AFP, seven people were killed in Odessa after “several waves” of missile and drone attacks, while additional casualties were reported in the central Dnipropetrovsk region. At least 45 people, including emergency workers, were injured in Kiev alone.The explosions ignited cars, broke windows, damaged buildings and damaged the facades of hotels in Kiev, with rescuers pulling survivors from the debris of collapsed structures.At least two civilians, including a 77-year-old woman, were injured in a drone strike in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, officials said.

Heavy damage in Odessa and Dnipro

Outside the capital, the southern port city of Odessa was one of the hardest-hit areas, where seven people were killed and 11 wounded in “multiple waves of missile and drone attacks,” regional officials said.In Dnipro, regional governor Oleksandr Ganza said two people were killed and 27 injured, with photos showing residential buildings engulfed in flames.Officials also reported damage to infrastructure and homes in several areas, highlighting the scale of the coordinated attack.

murder of children in Russian territory

On the Russian side, a Ukrainian drone strike on the Black Sea region of Tuapse killed two children aged five and 14, local officials said.

“Two minors lost their lives in a terrorist drone attack on residential buildings in Tuapse,” he said, quoted by AFP. Several homes and enterprises near the Black Sea port of Tuapse were damaged in the attack.The latest bombing came shortly after the end of a 32-hour orthodox Easter ceasefire, which both sides accused the other of violating.