Russia-Ukraine war: Drone strike on Kyiv apartment kills 14-year-old boy, injures seven

At least one person was killed and seven others injured after a Russian drone struck a residential apartment building in Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday as he accused Russia of intensifying attacks across UkraineZelenskyy in a post on X said that the victim was a 14yearold boy and expressed condolences to his family while emergency responders continued to deal with the aftermath of the strikeThis morning the Russians struck a residential apartment building in Kyiv with a drone Tragically a 14yearold boy was killed My condolences to the family and loved ones Seven more people were injured The fire at the site has been extinguished and first responders continue to deal with the aftermath An absolutely savage and sickening strike devoid of any military logic Zelenskyy said in his postHe said attacks had been reported across several parts of Ukraine claiming that eight regions had come under attack since the start of the daySince this morning there has been a virtually constant threat of strikes across our regions In total eight regions have come under attack since the start of the day One person was killed in Odesa in a doubletap strike on a postal facility In Zaporizhzhia a medical clinic was struck while people were inside There are also people injured in the Sumy and Mykolaiv regions the Ukrainian President saidThe latest strikes came amid continued Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure with Kyiv maintaining that Moscow is seeking to intensify pressure as winter approachesZelenskyy said Ukraine had warned its international partners that Russia could escalate the conflict unless it faced greater economic and political pressureIn a separate post Zelenskyy highlighted the impact of Russian strikes on medical facilities saying a maternity hospital in Kyiv had been damaged during an earlier missile attackYesterday during the Russian missile attack on Kyiv a maternity hospital was damaged That night little Kyrylo was being born in the shelter Today I came to the maternity hospital to congratulate the family speak with the women who are here preparing to give birth and support our medical workers he said in his postThe Ukrainian President has repeatedly used international forums to call for increased pressure on MoscowIn his address to the United Nations General Assembly Zelenskyy cited the scale of Russian missile and drone attacks since the beginning of the yearSince the beginning of this year Russia has already used more than 2100 missiles of different types against Ukraine More than 950 of them were ballistic missiles In 8 months of this year Russia used 63000 attack drones of different types against Ukraine And more than 7700 of them were jetpowered ldquoshahedsrdquo ndash truly destructive and dangerous weapons he saidZelenskyy also said Ukraine was targeting Russias capacity to finance its military campaign rather than its oil industry for its own sakeFor the first time in Russiarsquos history we now hear that its pride ndash its oil industry ndash is running on fumes But oil itself is not Ukrainersquos target Not gasoline or diesel Not factories or ports as such Our target is Russiarsquos ability to finance this war to drag it out to make it more brutal and more destructive he addedThe latest attack adds to the continuing toll on civilians as the RussiaUkraine conflict enters another winter with Kyiv urging its Western partners to maintain sanctions and increase pressure on Moscow while pursuing diplomatic efforts to end the warThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever