Oleksiy Yukov, head of the Ukrainian Platsdarm search unit, working to identify human remains, near Sloviansk, eastern Donetsk region.
Russian strikes kill three in Kyiv region
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Three people, including a child, were killed in Russian airstrikes targeting the northeastern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, a regional military official said Saturday, as Kyiv issued warnings of ballistic missile launches.
Moscow has significantly stepped up its attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, repeatedly launching barrages of difficult-to-intercept ballistic missiles in rapid strikes.
Regional military administration chief Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram that three people, including a child, were killed and three others wounded in strikes targeting the Brovary area northeast of Kyiv.
He added that falling debris from the attacks damaged homes and vehicles and sparked a fire at a non-residential building.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service released images showing a burning, damaged building, saying an attack on the village of Pukhivka destroyed a two-story house and two cars and sparked a fire at a warehouse.
An AFP correspondent in the capital heard dozens of explosions, while Ukraine's Air Force warned of a "threat of ballistic weapons being used from the north."
Kyiv's military administration also said on Telegram that four people were wounded in overnight attacks on the city.
Earlier, authorities had declared the highest level of alert in Kyiv over the use of ballistic missiles and urged residents to seek shelter.
On Wednesday, at least 17 people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Ukrainian air defenses were unable to intercept any Russian missiles due to depleted stocks of interceptors, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his Western allies to provide.
Zelenskyy, who has made numerous foreign trips to strengthen international support for Ukraine, arrived in Serbia late Friday in his first visit to the country, a traditional Moscow ally in the Balkans.
He is scheduled to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday to discuss economic and security issues.
At the end of July, Zelenskyy visited Washington to meet President Donald Trump in an attempt to secure Patriot missiles, described as the only weapon capable of intercepting Russia's latest missiles.
According to the Financial Times, Trump rejected the request due to depleted U.S. stocks following the war in the Middle East.
The latest Russian attack on Kyiv comes as U.S. senators overwhelmingly approved new sanctions against Russia on Friday, targeting its energy revenues in particular.
