Russia Missiles Strike Kyiv Again as G7 Summit Opens

The G7 Summit opened Sunday with leaders planning new bans on imports of Russian gold. On the same day, Russia launched a series of missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, resulting in civilian casualties. 

 The head of Ukraine’s national police force Ihor Klymenko said a Russian missile attacked a residential apartment building in Kyiv, killing one person and wounding five others.

 Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said Russian “strategic bombers” were used to attack the capital Kyiv with “four to six missiles” launched. He added that on Saturday, Russia had used Tu22M3 long-range bombers from the airspace of Belarus for the first time in a Ukrainian air strike.

 The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, there had been several explosions in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district, and that search and rescue operations were launched after a fire broke out when a residential building was hit by a rocket. The Ukrainian State Emergency Service said the fire was caused by “enemy shelling” and was over an area of 300 square meters in a 9-story residential building, of which the 7th and 9th floors were partially destroyed.

 US President Joe Biden who is attending the G7 summit in Germany, called Sunday’s attack “more of [Russian] barbarism.”