Russia kills 12 in Ukraine as Kyiv mourns 707 children killed since 2022

Key points

• Russia’s latest attacks come as Ukraine commemorates the children killed by Russia over the course of the all-out war.
• At least 12 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commemorated at least 707 children killed by Russia during the two countries’ more than four-year-long war.
• At least five people were killed and 11 others injured in Russian bomb and drone attacks on eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the Police of Ukraine’s press service said on Thursday.
• “Seven settlements were under fire: the cities of Dobropillya, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Mykolaivka, Sloviansk, the village of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, and the village of Kuritsyne.
• 42 civilian objects were destroyed, including 16 residential buildings,” the press service said in a message on Telegram.