There is serious outrage as Russian missile attacks struck Kyiv’s residential structures, killing some persons and injuring at least four others, according to the mayor of the city on Sunday.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that around 6:30 am (0330 GMT), about four explosions were heard meanwhile, the city had not experienced Russian shelling in nearly three weeks. This was 30 minutes after air raid sirens had sounded.
Ukraine demanded a stronger response to the Russian invasion after the missiles struck only hours before the start of a G7 summit in Germany.
The top three floors of an around 10-storey building in the Shevchenkivsky neighbourhood were completely destroyed and several fires broke out, spewing out thick smoke.
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Several hours later, firefighters were still struggling to control two blazes.
Four people were hospitalised, including a seven-year-old girl who lived on the ninth floor and was rescued from the rubble, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
The mother was trapped under a concrete slab, according to rescuers.
Authorities described her as a Russian citizen around the age of 30, who was subsequently taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that another missile hit a nearby kindergarten, apparently without causing any casualties.
Klitschko said that rescue operations were ongoing and warned that the toll from the strikes could still rise.
The mayor said the missile strike was intended to “intimidate Ukrainians” ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid on June 28-30 — as well as the G7 summit being held in Bavaria on Sunday.
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said the “G7 summit must respond with more sanctions on Russia and more heavy arms for Ukraine” in light of the latest Kyiv strikes.
He tweeted that the seven-year-old girl ‘was sleeping peacefully in Kyiv until a Russian cruise missile blasted her home’.
‘Many more around Ukraine are under strikes,’ he continued.
The residents of the complex gathered at the bottom of the building, many of them in tears, according to AFP reporters at the scene. One woman was still wearing a bathrobe.
