<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Two children and an adult died, and more than a dozen people were injured, in a new night-time missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Russia has been subjecting the Ukrainian capital to regular aerial attack with missiles and drones.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest attacks occurred in the eastern Desnyanskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ukrainian officials said details of the dead and injured were based on preliminary information.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The attack was the fourth this week, and comes after 17 attacks were launched on the Ukrainian capital throughout May - most took place at night, although at least one occurred during the day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Images shared by military authorities showed teams of rescuers attending to people, as well as damaged buildings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a number of early morning posts on Telegram, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a "series of explosions" had taken place in the city, and that rescuers had been dealing with fallen debris and fires.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said 14 people had been injured - nine of whom were taken to hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Russian-backed officials in the occupied part of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region said five people had been killed and 19 injured by Ukrainian shelling at a farm on Wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In recent weeks, Russia - which launched its full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022 - has been using kamikaze drones as well as a range of cruise and ballistic missiles to attack targets in Ukraine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kyiv has been heavily targeted, and analysts believe Moscow is trying to deplete and damage Ukraine's air defences ahead of a long-expected counter-offensive, which the Ukrainian government has been planning for months. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>