Three killed after Moscow targets Kyiv with a mass drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks

In this photograph supplied by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the hearth following a Russian attack in close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025.
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At least three individuals had been killed, together with a five-year-old youngster, after Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrating on Kyiv in a single day on Sunday (March 23, 2025), in response to native Ukrainian officers and emergency companies.

The attack on the Ukrainian capital got here ahead of ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia during which Ukraine and Russia are anticipated to carry oblique U.S.-mediated talks on Monday (March 24, 2025) to debate a pause in long-range assaults concentrating on vitality amenities and civilian infrastructure.

The Ukrainian delegation is anticipated to fulfill with U.S. officers in Saudi Arabia a day ahead of the oblique talks, Ukrainian President Voldoymyr Zelenskyy stated. Ukraine is planning to ship technical groups to debate the main points of the partial ceasefire.

Russia launched 147 drones throughout Ukraine, in response to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 97 and 25 others did not attain targets as a consequence of Ukrainian countermeasures. The assaults additionally struck Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk areas.

Extended sounds of explosions had been heard within the early hours of the evening because the air raid blared for over 5 hours. Russian drones and particles from shot-down drones, which had been flying at decrease altitudes to evade air defenses, fell on residential buildings. Ukraine’s Kyiv City Military Administration stated three individuals had been killed and 10 others had been injured.

Two residential buildings within the district of Dnipro caught hearth as a consequence of falling drone particles, in response to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. A hearth broke out on the highest flooring of a 9-storey constructing, killing one girl, the State Emergency Service stated.

In the district of Podil, a hearth broke out on the twentieth ground of a 25-storey constructing. In Holosiivskyi, fires broke out in a warehouse and workplace constructing, killing one individual, in response to the State Emergency Service.

Also on Sunday (March 23, 2025), Russia’s Ministry of Defense stated it had shot down 59 Ukrainian drones in a single day, together with 29 over the area of Rostov and 20 extra over southwestern Astrakhan. In Rostov, one individual was killed and a automotive caught hearth as a result of Ukrainian drone attack, in response to the realm’s short-term governor, Yuri Slyusar.