KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing
Russian planes also dropped two glide bombs on a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, killing two women, regional administration head Vadym Filashkin said.Russia launched a total of four ballistic missiles and 142 drones at Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy said.
At least one of the ballistic missiles and 28 drones were recorded in Kyiv’s airspace, authorities said. Air defense forces shot down the missile and 11 drones.A five-story residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district in the center of the capital was hit by drone debris, sparking a fire in several apartments where the victims were found, he said. Four people, including three children, were hospitalized, while others received treatment on site.In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a fire broke out across multiple upper-floor apartments of a nine-story building after an impact of drone debris, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Five people were rescued from the blaze.
Michelle L. Price in Washington, Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Liudas Dapkus in Vilnius, Lithuania, contributed to this report.Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablofilled with civilians, killing 35 people, including two children, and wounding 119. It was one of the deadliest attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. The next day, Russia said it targeted a gathering of senior Ukrainian military officers. Putin later admitted it was a “civilian facility” but claimed it hosted an award ceremony for Ukrainian troops.
April 18: Three Russian cluster munitions struck Kharkiv, killing one man and wounding 113 people, including nine children.that happened during early morning hours could have potentially led to much higher casualty rates if conducted an hour later, city authorities said.
April 24: Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with an hourslong barrage of missiles and drones. At least 12 people were killed and 90 were hurt in thesince last July. In total, Russia launched 145 Shahed drones and 70 missiles in a single night over Ukraine.