DRONE DEBRIS
In the western district of Sviatoshynskyi, several floors of a nine-storey residential building were partially destroyed, Klitschko and emergency officials said.
Falling drone debris set off fires in a 16-storey apartment building and two more nine-storey buildings, the mayor added.
Svyrydenko called for more weapons for Ukraine and for the world to respond to the Russian attacks.
“We will rebuild the buildings,” Svyrydenko said. “But lost lives cannot be brought back. The enemy terrorises and kills our people across the country every day.”
Smoke billowed out of apartment buildings, some with floors partially collapsed and facades crumbled, photographs on social media posted by emergency officials showed.
Russia was “deliberately and consciously striking civilian targets”, said Tkachenko, the Kyiv military administrator, on Telegram.
Dozens of explosions also shook Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk, cutting power to some areas and damaging a bridge across the Dnipro River, the city’s mayor, Vitalii Maletskyi, said on Telegram.
Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih, also in central Ukraine, targeted transport and urban infrastructure, Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the military administration for the city, said on Telegram, but no injuries were reported.
In the southern city of Odesa, civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged, with fires breaking out in several apartment blocks, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram.
With western Ukraine facing the threat of air attacks, Poland activated its own and allied aircraft to ensure air safety, the operational command of the Polish armed forces said.
