STORY: Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday (June 17), killing 14 people and injuring 44, according to the interior ministry.

The Russian attack struck 27 locations around the capital, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure facilities, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

Reuters witnesses said drones swarmed over the capital and they heard what appeared to be missiles overhead. An air raid alert remained in effect more than seven hours after it had been proclaimed.

Other parts of the country also came under attack, including a region outside the capital where one person was injured and the southern region of Odesa, where 13 people were injured, according to local authorities.

Klymenko said a ballistic missile struck a nine-story residential building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, destroying a section of it. He said the emergency services were racing to search through the rubble for any possible survivors.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a 62-year-old U.S. citizen had died in a dwelling opposite a site where medics were providing assistance during the attack. Klymenko said the man died from shrapnel wounds.

Both Ukraine and Russia have launched drone attacks in recent weeks as the two sides have held two sessions of direct talks on ending the more than three-year-old war. The talks have produced agreements on freeing prisoners of war and returning the bodies of fallen soldiers, but little more.

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VIDEO SHOWS: AIR DEFENCE ACTIVE OVER KYIV SKYLINE / EXPLOSIONS / SOUNDS OF DRONES FLYING OVER KYIV SKYLINE / SEVERELY DAMAGED APARTMENT BLOCKS / SMOKE RISING OVER KYIV SKYLINE

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 17, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS OVER SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL

2. SOUND OF DRONE FLYONG OVER KYIV SKYLINE, FAINT ORANGE FLASH SEEN IN SKY

3. AIR DEFENCE

4. EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE, SMOKE BILLOWING FROM SITE

5. EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE, BLUE LIGHT SHINING INTO SKY

6. FIRE, SMOKE BILLOWING FROM SITE, BLUE LIGHT SHINING INTO SKY

7. DEBRIS FALLING FROM SKY

8. AIR DEFENCE

9. EXPLOSION, SMOKE BILLOWING OVER KYIV SKYLINE, SOUND OF SIRENS GOING OFF AND SOUND OF EXPLOSION

10. SMOKE BILLOWING OVER KYIV SKYLINE

11. DRONE BEING INTERCEPTED

12. DEBRIS FALLING

13. SOUND OF DRONE FLYING OVER KYIV SKYLINE, SMOKE BILLOWING

14. VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING OVER KYIV SKYLINE

15. SMOKE BILLOWING OVER KYIV SKYLINE, AUDIO OF AIR DEFENCE

16. VARIOUS OF SMOKE OVER KYIV SKYLINE, SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS

17. VARIOUS OF FIRE, SMOKE OVER KYIV SKYLINE

18. VARIOUS OF SMOKE OVER KYIV SKYLINE, SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL

19. VARIOUS OF SMOKE OVER KYIV SKYLINE, SOUNDS OF AIR DEFENCE

20. RESCUERS WORKING ON SITE OF DAMAGED APARTMENT BLOCK

21. LOCAL RESIDENTS ON SITE

22. VARIOUS OF APARTMENT BLOCK ON FIRE, RESCUERS ON SITE

23. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED APARTMENT BLOCK, RESCUERS ON SITE

24. DESTROYED APARTMENT BLOCK, SOUND OF DRONE FLYING IN SKY

25. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED APARTMENT BLOCK, SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS

26. DAMAGED CARS

27. SMOKE OVER KYIV SKYLINE