At least 30 people have been found dead in the rubble of bombed high-rise buildings in Kyiv that were hit during the Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital on Thursday night. Nine of the dead were found among concrete and rubble in a nine-story building where half of the building has been blown away.
Three more people are still missing, city authorities said on Friday morning. More than 90 people are reported injured.
The Russian attack was the most extensive in weeks. Around 20 large civilian residential buildings have been damaged. Floors have been blown away, entire staircases have been leveled, and large fires have been extinguished.
More than 50,000 Kyiv residents sought shelter underground, in the city's metro stations.
“About to lose”
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia used more than 70 missiles and nearly 500 drones in the attacks, the majority of which were aimed at Kyiv. This is the highest number of ballistic missiles fired at the capital in any previous attack during the war, according to Ukrainian officials.
A large Red Cross warehouse was completely destroyed, and with it large amounts of equipment and supplies intended to help Ukrainian civilians in the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy canceled a visit to Ireland due to the attacks.
Deadly counterattacks
Friday has been declared a formal day of mourning in Kyiv. And due to air pollution resulting from Thursday's attacks, residents of the capital are being urged to stay indoors.
Russia has justified the latest attacks as revenge for Ukrainian attacks on Russia. Ukraine has escalated its counterattacks against the invading force in recent months, shelling locations further and further into the country, primarily oil facilities and military targets.
Both sides continue to report deadly attacks on Friday. A Russian-appointed governor in occupied territory in Ukraine says eight people have been killed in Ukrainian attacks. Five of the deaths are said to have occurred in connection with an attack on a market in the city of Tokmok.
Two more people were killed in Ukrainian attacks on the Russian border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, according to Russian authorities.
Ukrainian sources report that a residential building has caught fire after a Russian attack on the Sumy region. Four people, including an infant, are reported to have been killed.
In addition, the governor of the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk says that one person was killed there in a Russian attack.
