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Russia launched an overnight drone attack against Kyiv, striking multiple residential buildings and killing at least three people including a five-year-old girl and her father, authorities reported on March 23.
A further 10 other people were injured, including an 11-month-old child, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Emergency crews had extinguished all the fires by the morning.
A series of explosions rocked the capital throughout the night, as air defense units remained active in the city, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Initially, two people were reported dead but the number increased after rescuers discovered the body of the five-year-old child while clearing rubble in the Holosiivskyi district, said the Kyiv City Military Administration. Earlier, the body of her father was found in the same location.
"Today, the Russians are once again demonstrating their 'desire for peace,'" Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said.
"In reality, terrorists are simply launching deadly weapons at residential buildings."
Russian forces launched 147 drones overnight across the country and Ukraine's air defense shot down 97 drones, Ukraine's Air Force reported. The previous day, air defense shot down 100 drones, and 114 drones the day before that.
Previously, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that at least seven people had been injured. One victim was hospitalized, while the others received medical treatment onsite, he said.
Two residential buildings in the city's Dniprovskyi district came under fire, according to authorities. A fire broke out on the top floors of a 9-story building, killing one woman, the State Emergency Service said. Twenty-seven residents were evacuated.
The sixth floor of a 16-story apartment building was also damaged.
Drone debris struck a catering facility in the same district, according to Tkachenko.
In the Podilskyi district, a fire broke out on the 20th floor of a 25-story residential building. Previously, Tkachenko had reported that two buildings in the area were hit, though he later said the strike on the second building had not been verified.
In the Holosiivskyi district, the attack caused fires in an office building and warehouse, as well as a residential trailer. Two people were killed, the State Emergency Service said.
Wreckage from drones caused fires and property damage throughout the city. A fire broke out in a forest area of the Desnianskyi district, while two cars in the Shevchenkivsky district were damaged.
"These attacks are a daily reality," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media on March 23, adding: "This week alone, over 1,580 guided aerial bombs, nearly 1,100 strike drones, and 15 missiles of various types were used against our people."
Four people were also killed by Russian strikes in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
The latest attack comes less than a week into the partial 30-day "ceasefire" on attacks against energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine.
The ceasefire, which the Kremlin announced on March 18 following a call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, has not interrupted Moscow's aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Chris York
