Russian missile and drone attack hits Kyiv suburbs; 1 dead

Kyiv, Ukraine — Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – Russia attacked Ukraine. Ukraine’s emergency service said on Sunday that one person was killed in the Kiev region after being bombed by missiles and drones.

Eight other people, including a child, were rescued from the debris of destroyed buildings, the service said.

The attack caused damage and fire in five districts in the suburbs of Kyiv: Obukhiv, Brovary, Boryspil, Bucha and Fastiv. In the village of Putrivka in the Fastiv district, emergency first responders worked to rescue people buried under debris.

Russia also attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region.

causing significant fires that the emergency service later extinguished.

During the nearly four years since then Russia launches all-out war on its neighbour. And despite a new pressure last year led by the US peace efforts, Ukrainian civilians have had to endure frequent airstrikes. Russia has stepped up attacks targeting the country’s energy grid, leaving Ukrainian citizens without electricity and heating amid harsh winter conditions.