Russian airstrikes early Sunday disrupted a recent sense of relative calm in Ukraine’s capital city since Russian forces withdrew this spring and refocused their efforts on other parts of the country. Follow our live updates:
Russian forces struck the same area on April 29 and hit the same complex, killing Ukrainian journalist Vira Hyrych, a resident of the building. It appeared the Russians were trying to strike a factory across the street.
The air still smelled of smoke after the attack as rescue workers tossed debris from the roof to the ground in their search for survivors. Piles of burned insulation littered the street below. At a kindergarten around the corner, the remnants of a missile sat in a giant puddle of water outside. The strike damaged the playground and left explosive marks on the walls of the building. “Putin is shooting at a kindergarten,” Gerashchenko said. If the strike occurred on a school day with class in session, he added, children would probably have been killed or wounded.
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