'Three killed' in Russian strike on Kiev after Ukraine's attack on Russia
Ukraine has claimed that "falling debris" from intercepted Russian missiles targeting its capital city has killed three people in Kiev, after Ukrainian shelling of a southern Russian region injured five people.
Ukrainian officials declared on Thursday that an 11-year-old girl, her mother and another woman were killed and 10 others injured in Russian strike that hit the Desnyanskyi district on the capital's eastern outskirts.
Ukraine's air force claimed that its Western-supplied air defense systems shot down all 10 Iskander cruise and ballistic missiles launched by Russia, but alleged that falling missile debris landed in a residential area, causing the casualties and damages to buildings and cars.
The Russian air strikes targeted Kiev in response to Ukraine's shelling of Russia's southern Belgorod region.
Russia has repeatedly targeted Kiev with waves of drone and missile attacks since the start of the Ukraine conflict, but attacks against the capital have reportedly intensified over the past month amid a publicity campaign by Western media outlets vowing a looming major counteroffensive by Kiev's forces.
The latest airstrike took place after Ukraine shelled the border town of Shebekino, leaving at least five people wounded.
Belgorod’s Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a Telegram post on Thursday that the overnight shelling has damaged multiple buildings, adding that two people were hospitalized as a result of the Ukrainian rocket strike.
"We are also receiving calls about multiple cases of damage to private residences and apartment blocks, some have had their walls pierced by shells," he said.
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