STORY: :: Rescuers search through the rubble for victims after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv
:: June 23, 2025
:: Kyiv, Ukraine
“Before going to sleep, I prayed to God. ‘God, give me a chance to fall asleep and wake up peacefully. Please, help me wake up today so that I wouldn’t have to go to the bomb shelter.”
“To be honest, it wasn’t like I got scared. It was more like my life was frozen. You’re frozen, looking at all of it and thinking about how you will live.”
Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Kyiv overnight killed seven people, injured scores, sparked fires in residential areas and damaged an entrance to a metro station that serves as a bomb shelter, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia launched 352 drones and 16 missiles overnight targeting the Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s air force said on Monday.
“The main direction of the attack was the city of Kyiv,” the air force said on the Telegram messaging app.