Two killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says

A Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s capital killed two people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials say.

Falling debris from destroyed drones sparked fires in apartments and buildings across three of Kyiv’s districts, killing two people in the busy, urban Shevchenkivskyi district, Ukraine’s emergency service says on the Telegram messaging app.

Four children were among seven people who sustained injuries as a result of the drone attack on Kyiv that came just hours after Russia fired missiles at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko says on the messaging app.

Five more people were injured in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, the head of Kyiv’s military administration Timur Tkachenko said on Telegram.

Moscow’s key airports remained out of operation for most of the night after Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian air defense units destroyed at least 14 Ukrainian drones late Tuesday, with no damage reported.

The assaults come as the Russian capital readies itself for a long holiday weekend and a May 9 parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War II, with Putin set to hold several world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping.