Russian missile and drone attack hits Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing 9 people and wounding 124

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV Ukraine AP Russia attacked Ukraine s capital with missiles and drones overnight killing at least nine people including a -year-old boy and wounding others bureaucrats noted Thursday Ten children the youngest being a -month-old girl were among the wounded Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko announced A large part of a nine-story residential building collapsed after it was struck he announced Rescuers work in a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv Ukraine Thursday July AP Photo Efrem Lukatsky Rescue teams were at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble Yana Zhabborova a resident of the damaged building woke up to the sound of thundering explosions which blew off the doors and windows of her home It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left stated Zhabborova a mother of a -month-old infant and a -year-old child Russia fired Shahed and decoy drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight the Ukrainian air force announced Ukrainian air defenses intercepted and jammed strike drones and three missiles Five missiles and drones struck targets Meanwhile Russia s Ministry of Defense reported Thursday that it had shot down Ukrainian drones overnight A drone attacked had sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia s Penza region local Gov Oleg Melnichenko announced He didn t straightaway give further details other than to say that there were no casualties In the Volgograd region specific trains were also halted after drone wreckage fell on local railway infrastructure state rail operator Russian Railways reported Russia s Defense Ministry also declared that its forces took full control of the strategically central city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine s eastern Donetsk region Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly months It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine s eastern defenses Women react outside a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv Ukraine Thursday July AP Photo Efrem Lukatsky Victor Trehubov a Ukrainian military spokesperson narrated The Associated Press that Russia s claim was untrue Just a fabrication there wasn t even a change in the situation he explained A record on Thursday from Ukraine s Army General Staff declared there were seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past hours An attached map manifested largest part of the town as being under Russian control DeepState an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts established early Thursday that neighborhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained as so-called gray zones or uncontrolled by either side The attack targeted the Kyiv Dnipro Poltava Sumy Mykolaiv regions with Ukraine s capital being the primary target President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram Related Articles Nowadays in History July Phelps sets Olympic medal record Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September in latest push against Israel s Gaza policies China and Russia to hold joint naval exercise near Japan next month Foreign couples flock to Denmark to get married Copenhagen wants to save room for locals US sanctions Brazil s Supreme Court justice overseeing episode against Bolsonaro In the present day the world once again saw Russia s answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe Zelenskyy announced New demonstrative killings That is why peace without strength is impossible He called on Ukraine s allies to follow through on defense commitments and pressure Moscow toward real negotiations Plumes of smoke emanating from a partially damaged building and debris strewn on the ground The force of the blast wave was powerful enough to leave clothes hanging limply from trees At least locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack Tkachenko noted with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts More than buildings were damaged in Kyiv including homes schools kindergartens clinical facilities and universities he revealed U S President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he s giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline Aug for peace efforts to make progress or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his feet in U S -led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land Vasilisa Stepanenko and Illia Novikov contributed to this statement