{"id":958666,"date":"2026-05-14T06:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/958666\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:04:13","slug":"russia-pounds-kyiv-and-cities-across-ukraine-in-massive-air-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/958666\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia pounds Kyiv and cities across Ukraine in massive air attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Large-scale Russian strikes on Kyiv<\/a> killed one person and wounded at least 31 others, city authorities said on Thursday, as Moscow ramped up attacks on Ukraine<\/a> following a short-lived ceasefire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian capital came under heavy aerial attack early Thursday, with AFP journalists hearing loud explosions and observing the use of air defence systems.<\/p>\n

“The enemy is striking Kyiv with UAVs and ballistic missiles,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram, adding the capital was “under heavy enemy attack”.<\/p>\n

Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said one person was killed and 16 others were wounded in the barrage on the city.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s state emergency service later reported 31 people, including a child, had been wounded in strikes across the Kyiv region.<\/p>\n

Military authorities said the strikes hit six districts of the capital and six more in the surrounding region.<\/p>\n

At daybreak, rescue workers were seen searching for survivors in the rubble of destroyed buildings in Kyiv. In one instance, rescuers were photographed carrying an injured person from a partially collapsed residential building.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s emergency service said those search and rescue operations were ongoing.<\/p>\n

Strikes from both Moscow and Kyiv resumed after Russia ended a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Read moreRussia unleashes deadly daylight drone blitz across Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump<\/a> had announced the pause last week, hours before Russian leader Vladimir Putin<\/a> presided over a scaled-down military parade in Red Square to mark the anniversary of victory in World War II.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has urged Trump to discuss ending the conflict during his meetings this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russia has pounded Ukrainian cities for more than four years, but it usually launches large-scale drone and missile attacks at night.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a barrage of “at least 800 Russian drones” targeting mainly western Ukraine killed six people and wounded dozens of others, Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

Kyiv mayor Klitschko said Thursday the attacks on the capital damaged at least one residential building and caused a vehicle to catch fire in a car park.<\/p>\n

He said rocket debris also fell on “a non-residential building”.<\/p>\n

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