Russia hits Ukraine with biggest air attack of war, sets government building ablaze

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Ukrainian officials said on Sunday that Russia launched its largest airstrike against Ukraine overnight, which set fire to the main building of the government in Central Kiev and killed at least four people, including a newborn.

President Wolodmeer Zelannsky said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and damaged the country north, south and east of Zapurizia, Krewi Riya and Odisha, as well as in Sommy and Chennaiyu areas.

“Now such casualties, when real diplomacy can begin long ago, is deliberately crime and war,” Zillsky said in a post on X.

Reuters witnesses said that immediately after sunrise. Later, a thick smoke rising in a clean blue sky from the burning floor of the main government building in the historic Pachiski district can be seen.

Elsewhere in Kiev, residential apartments were targeted and damaged, with dozens of residents were wrapped in blankets gathered outside the streets to survey their homes as the rescue workers struggled to extinguish the flames.

The attack showed the growing frustration in Ukraine and among the allies that the war could be ended soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin resisted the ceasefire and encouraged to strengthen relations with China.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has expressed his growing frustration with Moscow since his meeting with Putin last month, but has so far resisted the ban on Russia.

On Friday, he said he was still working on security guarantees for Ukraine, saying he would only help end the deadly conflict in Europe after World War II.

Kiev’s European allies have vowed to stand with Ukraine politically and militarily, but solid offers of help, including the possibility of soldiers on the ground, are also being discussed.

Zillski said he spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron, interacting diplomatic efforts, next steps and contacts with partners.

The biggest drone barrages of war

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Swardenko said it was the first time in the war that the main government building was targeted in Kiev, a good -hearted blow to the city.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X that the Russian attack on the Kiev government “has once again shown that a continuous delay against Putin (off) has no meaning in a strong response and efforts to please it”.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 805 drones and 13 missiles against Ukraine overnight, with Ukrainian defense units droping 751 drones and four missiles.

Russia used the most drones to attack the country after Moscow attacked its entire scale in February 2022.

According to the TASS News Agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense said it had attacked Ukraine’s military industrial complex and transport infrastructure. Both sides refuse to target citizens.

The body of a newborn baby was pulled from debris in Darnsky district, where a four -storey apartment building was damaged, Timur Tachinco, head of the Kiev’s military administration, said. He said a young woman was also killed in an attack on the district, located east of the Denopro River.

More than 20 people were injured in attacks on the capital, the Interior Ministry said. The warning in the Kiev and the surrounding region continued for more than 11 hours.

Many floors of a nine -storey residential building were partially destroyed in Kiwashiuski district in the west in the west, Kultsco said. He added that the falling drone debris set fire to a 16 -storey apartment building and two nine -storey buildings.

Ukraine targets Russian energy

Sweerdinco called for more weapons to respond to the Russian attacks to Ukraine and the world.

“We’ll rebuild the buildings,” said Sweerdinco. “But the lost lives cannot be brought back. The enemy kills and kills our people every day.”

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that a new meeting of the QK allies was planned for next week and that Kiev’s deep strikes on Russia will be discussed by air defense and supplies.

The Ukrainian military said it attacked the Druzba Oil Pipeline in the Russian Brown region, which “damaged a comprehensive fire” during a Sunday night attack.

It is part of Russia’s strategy to target the broader energy complex, which is the backbone of its economy and helps fund the war.

Mayor Watley Maltsky said on the telegram that dozens of blasts also shook the Ukrainian city of Crimeanchuk, which cut off electricity to some residents and damaged a bridge across the Denopro River.

City officials said Russian attacks on Crew Riya also targeted the transport and civilian infrastructure in Central Ukraine, the city officials said, but no one was reported.

In the southern city of Odisha, civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged in the southern city of Odisha, and several blocks of the apartment caught fire, the regional governor Oli Caper said. Three people were injured, he said.