At least 3 injured in Russian missile, drone strikes on Kyiv Oblast
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Three people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight on Dec. 6, local officials reported.
Ukraine's Air Force reported Russian forces launching a barrage of missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, as well as dozens of drones towards cities on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital.
Kyiv Oblast Governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported that a 42-year-old man suffered shrapnel would in the city of Fastiv, located about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Kyiv's center.
Earlier reports indicate that the city's main train station was struck in the attack. Ukraine's railway authority, said that Russia had undertaken a "massive shelling of railway infrastructure" in Fastiv.
Kalashnyk also noted that two women, a 46-year-old and 40-year-old, suffered injuries in the Vyshhorodskyi district, just north of Kyiv. One of the injured women has been hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, the governor added.
No information was immediately available on the extent of the damage caused.
Air raid alerts were activated across the entire country amid the attacks, as Russian MiG-34K aircraft, capable of launching Kinzhal missiles.
Russian forces have regularly attacked Kyiv and its surrounding regions in recent months amid U.S. efforts to negotiate the end of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In the latest mass missile and drone attack on Kyiv on Nov. 13-14, seven people were killed and 29 others injured.
