Russian strike hits rail workers in new deadly attacks on Kyiv

At least 12 people were killed and 20 injured, including two children, in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and surrounding regions overnight. Six casualties were railway workers from the state Ukrzaliznytsia company, after a depot was targeted in Kyiv. Russia claimed its strike, utilizing high-precision weapons, aimed military and energy facilities, with one Ukrainian killed in retaliatory attacks on Russia's Belgorod region.

The incident follows calls by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Putin to end the war, emphasizing the toll of war on humanity, which Modi highlighted during a security summit in Kyrgyzstan.

In Kyiv, eight individuals perished, fires engulfing three districts, while four others died in Boryspil after a residential building was struck. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported nearly 350 rescue workers operating throughout the night in Kyiv and the region following the latest assaults. He stated on social media that Russia had launched a significant number of jet drones and ballistic missiles.

These strikes mark the sixth day of continuous drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, a strategy aiming to exhaust Ukrainian air defenses and dampen civilian morale. Russia warned its forces were preparing massive strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, with eight other Ukrainian regions hit, Zelensky said, noting an Indian national among the casualties.

The Indian man, who turned 26 on Tuesday, was among the fatalities in Boryspil. The overnight attacks follow 38 deaths from Russian strikes on a weapons depot in the Kyiv region on Friday, triggering explosions from shells, mines, and drones.

Additionally, a drone attack hit a major Russian Baltic Sea port in Ust-Luga, igniting a fire, according to Leningrad regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko. Ukraine contends that targets like Ust-Luga, handling millions of tons of petroleum products yearly, are justified as they finance Moscow's war.