This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
KIEV, June 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and 75 others injured in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine overnight Tuesday, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a statement.
The capital Kiev was hit hardest in the attack, where a ballistic missile struck a nine-story apartment building, killing 14 people and injuring 60 others, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency cited the minister as saying.
In the southern city of Odesa, one person was killed and 10 others injured. Casualties were also reported in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev City Military Administration, said Russia launched a total of 175 drones, along with more than 14 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles at the capital, hitting residential areas.
The Interior Ministry said that 27 locations in Kiev, including apartment buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure facilities, were under attack overnight.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the sites of the strikes, the State Service for Emergencies said. ■
This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
Debris is pictured near a destroyed building after a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine, June 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
This photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Li Dongxu)
Rescuers search for survivors at a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
Residents wait for updates about their missing relatives after a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
Rescuers remove debris while searching for survivors at a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
Residents wait for assistance after a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
This photo shows a building damaged in a Russian missile attack in Kiev, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)
