Russia fires missiles into Kyiv, killing a child and wounding several others, mayor says
Posted on: Apr 16, 2026 08:16 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian working capital of Kyiv with missiles betimes th, cleanup a baby, injuring several people — including emergency crew members — and damaging buildings, according to the city's mayor.
"As a result of the enemy attack, a 12-year-old child has been killed," Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. "At the moment, 10 people are injured. That includes several medics."
Klitschko said emergency teams had rescued a mother and child from a building in a central district where the ground floor was badly damaged, and that a missile had hit the sixth floor of an apartment building in the central Podil district.
A large fire broke out in a building in a district in the north of the capital and four emergency medical workers were injured there, Klitschko said, while debris had fallen in several locations.
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Russian attacks also triggered major fires in the southeastern city of Dnipro, injuring five people, regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha wrote on Telegram. Pictures posted online showed buildings ablaze.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city in the northeast, officials said two people had been injured in drone strikes.
With no plans announced for further U.S.-mediated talks with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was visiting three European capitals in 48 hours to try to secure promises of further military and financial support.
Germany and Ukraine agreed on a defence package valued at four billion euros ($6.4 billion Cdn), and Norway has pledged nine billion euros ($14.5 billion Cdn) in assistance, Ukrainian officials said.
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