Outrage as Russian in a single day assaults on Ukraine cities kill at the very least 9 civilians | EUROtoday

Reports point out that the most recent Russian strikes broken 12 buildings within the capital, inflicting widespread harm to houses, companies and key providers, whereas telephones have been heard ringing from the rubble.

Other Ukrainian cities focused included Zhytomyr – due west of Kyiv – and the northeastern cities of Sumy – the place a daytime missile strike killed at the very least 34 individuals on 13 April – and Kharkiv – the place the authorities reported 24 drone and missile strikes in complete.

“The casualty count is expected to rise as emergency teams continue search-and-rescue operations,” stated the UN support coordination workplace, OCHA.

The growth follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s reported resolution on Wednesday to reject a US-led proposal to hunt a peace take care of Russia that might have concerned ceding territory misplaced in the course of the warfare. In idea, this would come with the jap Ukrainian areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, along with Crimea, which Russia annexed illegally in 2014.

“Last night’s large-scale attack by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on residential areas in Kyiv and surrounding regions is yet another appalling violation of international humanitarian law,” stated the UN’s high support official in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale.

Children and a pregnant lady had been among the many greater than 70 individuals injured by Wednesday evening’s reported missile and drone strikes. “This senseless use of force must stop… Civilians must never be targets”, insisted Mr. Schmale, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine.

Spike in civilian assaults

Echoing that message, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, appealed for an finish to using explosive weapons in civilian areas which have induced a marked rise in assaults on civilian areas this yr.

According to the UN human rights workplace, OHCHR, at the very least 164 civilians had been killed in March and 910 injured throughout Ukraine. This represents a 50 per cent enhance from February 2025 (129 killed; 588 injured), and a 71 per cent enhance in contrast with March 2024 (129 killed; 498 injured).

On Tuesday and Wednesday, OCHA reported that drone and glide bomb assaults had struck densely populated areas “throughout the country”, whereas preventing in front-line areas has killed extra civilians.

Cities focused included Zaporizhzhia, the place a glide bomb strike on Tuesday left one particular person lifeless and injured greater than 40 others, together with seven kids and a pregnant lady, OCHA stated. Several residence buildings had been broken within the assault on town which is close to to the entrance line and residential to 630,000 individuals, together with many displaced from different areas.

The UN support workplace additionally reported in a single day drone strikes on Wednesday within the areas of Dnipro, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Odesa, damaging a hospital, houses, warehouses and an power facility.