Ukraine under ongoing Russian missile and drone attack that has wounded at least 3

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine was nether an ongoing Russian ballistic rocket and drone onslaught aboriginal Friday that wounded astatine slightest 3 people, officials said.

Multiple explosions were heard successful the capital, Kyiv, wherever falling debris sparked fires crossed respective districts arsenic aerial defence systems attempted to intercept incoming targets, said Tymur Tkachenko, caput of the Kyiv City Administration.

Three radical were wounded, section officials said. They urged residents to question shelter.

"Our aerial defence crews are doing everything possible. But we indispensable support 1 different — enactment safe," Tkachenko wrote connected Telegram.

Authorities reported harm successful respective districts, and rescue workers were responding astatine aggregate locations.

In Solomyanskyi district, a occurrence broke retired connected the 11th level of a 16-story residential building. Emergency services evacuated 3 radical from the apartment, and rescue operations were ongoing. Another occurrence broke retired successful a metallic warehouse.

In bluish Chernihiv region, a Shahed drone exploded adjacent an flat building, shattering windows and doors, according to determination subject medication main Dmytro Bryzhynskyi. He added that explosions from ballistic missiles were besides recorded connected the outskirts of the city.

The nighttime onslaught came hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump said it mightiness beryllium amended to fto Ukraine and Russia "fight for a while" earlier pulling them isolated and pursuing peace, successful comments that were a singular detour from Trump's often-stated appeals to halt the three-year war. Trump spoke arsenic helium met with Germany's caller chancellor, who appealed to him arsenic the "key idiosyncratic successful the world" who could halt the bloodshed by pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin.