Massive Russian Attack On Ukraine's Capital Kills At Least 10 As Trump's Peace Push Stalls

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed a massive overnight onslaught connected nan Ukrainian capital that killed astatine slightest 10 group and injured 38, section officials said early Thursday.

The mixed drone and rocket strikes were nan astir important to deed Kyiv since President Donald Trump intensified his push for an extremity to nan Kremlin’s war, an effort that has stalled successful nan past week.

The overnight attacks show intelligibly that Russia has chosen “ballistics complete nan negotiating table,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X. “All deadlines person already been missed; dozens of opportunities for diplomacy person been spoiled.”

At slightest 1 kid was killed successful nan attack, Zelenskyy said.

Emergency services respond to nan aftermath of Russian strikes overnight connected Thursday successful Kyiv, Ukraine.Efrem Lukatsky / AP

The tract of a residential building deed by a Russian rocket early connected Thursday successful Kyiv, Ukraine. Kostiantyn Liberov / Getty Images

A personification walks past arsenic rescuers activity astatine nan tract of a residential building deed by a Russian rocket connected Thursday successful Kyiv.Kostiantyn Liberov / Getty Images

The Russian strikes deed much than 20 location crossed Kyiv, damaging civilian infrastructure and leaving astir 60,000 residents without power, officials said.

Several powerful explosions were heard by NBC News successful nan halfway of Kyiv, a uncommon occurrence successful nan bosom of nan Ukrainian superior since nan commencement of Russia's full-scale invasion. Rescuers were pulling group trapped underneath nan rubble, pinch nan toll expected to rise.

Zelensky called for “new reliable sanctions” against Russia, hoping that nan U.S. could target Putin's system to unit him to extremity nan war.

While Trump has fixed nan 2 sides much clip contempt small motion of urgency from nan Kremlin, Ukraine has itself been targeting Russian lipid infrastructure successful a bid to up nan pressure.

Russia has meantime intensified its aerial attacks connected Ukrainian cities. In July, a monolithic onslaught connected Kyiv killed astatine slightest 31 people, nan deadliest onslaught connected nan superior since this year.

Ukraine acknowledged for nan first time connected Tuesday that Russian troops had entered nan eastern-central region of Dnipropetrovsk, but said they were pushed backmost arsenic fighting continued adjacent 2 villages.

Daryna Mayer reported from Kyiv, and Peter Guo from Hong Kong.