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Reports indicate that the latest Russian strikes damaged 12 buildings in the capital, causing widespread damage to homes, businesses and key services, while phones have been heard ringing from the rubble.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other Ukrainian cities targeted included\u00a0Zhytomyr – due west of Kyiv \u2013 and the northeastern cities of Sumy –\u00a0 where a daytime missile strike killed at least 34 people on 13 April –\u00a0<\/strong>and Kharkiv – where the authorities reported 24 drone and missile strikes in total.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe casualty count is expected to rise as emergency teams continue search-and-rescue operations amid<\/strong>,\u201d said the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.<\/p>\n

The development follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s reported decision on Wednesday to reject a US-led proposal to seek a peace deal with Russia that would have involved ceding territory lost during the war. In theory, this would include the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and\u00a0Zaporizhzhia,\u00a0in addition to Crimea, which Russia annexed illegally in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night\u2019s 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<\/strong>,\u201d said the UN\u2019s top aid official in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale.<\/p>\n

Children and a pregnant woman were among the more than 70 people injured by Wednesday night\u2019s reported missile and drone strikes. \u201cThis senseless use of force must stop\u2026<\/strong>\u00a0Civilians must never be targets\u201d,\u00a0<\/strong>insisted Mr. Schmale, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Echoing that message, the UN Children\u2019s Fund, UNICEF, appealed for an end to the use of explosive weapons in civilian areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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