Russian missile strikes kill 12 in Kyiv, wound 33 overnight: Officials

A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at least 12 people in Kyiv as explosions echoed across Ukraine's capital throughout the night, local authorities said.

At least 33 people were wounded, according to Ukraine's Emergency Service.

The air raid alert remained active into the early morning hours Thursday.

The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv's Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution.

Emergency crews were at the scene and pulled people out from under the rubble.

In Solomianskyi district, the top two floors of a 9-story residential building were destroyed and fires broke out on other floors.

People were also trapped in two residential buildings and a school shelter.

60-year-old Larysa Bondaruk sat on the ground, holding her cat, Chanel, which had been rescued by firefighters.

With tears in her eyes, she said that her neighbour's grandson had been trapped under the rubble