Russia blamed for overnight strike on Kyiv that killed multiple people, injured dozens

Ukrainian authorities Let’s say Russia is responsible for overnight rockets and attacks of drones on Kiev, which killed nine people and injured another 70, including children.

The Kyiv Military Administration on its telegram Channel said Russia had hit Kiev with drones and ballistic rockets. At least 45 drones were discovered, the administration announced, adding that Ukrainian air force would update the figures later.

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Ukrainian searches cleaned the ruins after the Russian attack of Balistic rockets in Kiev, Ukraine, early Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The attack, which started around 1:00 in the morning, hit at least five quarters in Kiev. In the district of Sviatoshynkskyi, the fire broke out in an apartment building damaged in the attack. More fires were reported in shevchenkivsky and holosiivskyi.

Rescue workers cleaner ruins in a house damaged by Russian air attack in a residential neighborhood in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Small)

At least 42 people were hospitalized, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service announced. The first answers worked in the morning, finding the bodies under the ruins.

In this photo posted by the South African Government of Communication and Information Services (GCIS), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Pretoria in South Africa for a state visit where he will meet with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphos, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gcis via AP)

The attack followed a few hours after peace negotiations appeared, with President Donald Trump kicked out in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that he extended the “murder field” by pushing back into Crimea’s assignment in Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Later that day, Trump said he was “harder” to deal with Zelenskyy than Russia.

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Zelenskyy has repeatedly said that the recognition of the occupied territory is like a Russian red line for its country.

Associated Press contributed to this report.