Three Killed Including A Child In Latest Russian Missile Strikes On Kyiv

A woman reacts as she looks at the body of her daughter, who was killed during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on June 1, when many former communist countries celebrate International Children's Day.

The woman is comforted by emergency responders at the scene.

Lyudmyla, a local resident who declined to provide her surname said, “Everything happened very fast, within probably 15 minutes: the air-raid siren, then the air-defense forces fired, then a cloud of brown smoke."

A man sits next to the body of his granddaughter, age 9, who was killed along with her mother during the missile strike.

A man comforts a woman near the body of a person killed by falling debris near a municipal clinic. At least three people were killed in the attack, according to local officials.

Ukraine's air force said air defenses shot down all 10 ballistic and Iskander cruise missiles launched from Russia's Bryansk region in the 18th attack on the capital since the start of May.

A building damaged in the early morning strike on Kyiv on June 1

Residents stand near a damaged apartment building following the Russian missile attack on June 1. 

Police said a medical clinic, a kindergarten, residential buildings, and cars were damaged in the strike.

A view of the apartment building shows shattered windows and the damaged facade.

A woman whose apartment was damaged during the attack speaks on the phone as emergency responders work nearby.
 

Municipal workers clear away the debris at the site of the residential building damaged during the early morning attack.

Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital as Kyiv prepares to launch a counteroffensive. Russia says Ukrainian shelling of border areas has increased in recent weeks as Kyiv prepares its counterattack