Russian missile strike kills four people in Kyiv

Ukraine says it does not target civilians.German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul condemned Sunday's attack in a post on X.He described the use of an Oreshnik ballistic missile as "another escalation".Many residents sought shelter overnight in the city's metro stations. Nataliia Zvarych, 62, said she had rushed to her local station as explosions started rocking the city."It was terrifying, scary," she said. "We have been sitting here for more than three hours now, listening to the explosions up there."Strikes were reported in other parts of Ukraine Two people were killed and nine others injured in attacks on the broader Kyiv region, said regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk.Another 11 people were wounded in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy when a drone crashed into an apartment block, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously boasted about the Oreshnik missile, claiming it is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound. Ukraine has previously been hit twice by the Oreshnik missile by Russia: first in November 2024, and in January 2026.Following a Ukrainian strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of ​eastern Ukraine overnight on Saturday, Putin had ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation. The head of the Russian-installed administration in the Luhansk region said that 18 people had been killed in the strike, with a further 48 injured and 10 still accounted for. Following the January attack, leaders in Britian, France and Germany described Russia's use of an Oreshnik ballistic missile as "escalatory and unacceptable".Reuters