Russian airstrike kills 15, including US citizen

A Russian airstrike in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev early Tuesday (June 17) killed 15 people, including an American, and injured more than 100, the city’s mayor said.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram message that a 62-year-old American citizen was killed in a Russian airstrike in a house opposite the one where doctors treating the wounded during the Russian attack on Kiev were staying. In addition to him, 14 other people were killed.

Klitschko added that Russian UAVs were still approaching the city from three sides. There was also a missile threat. He advised not to leave shelters.

The head of the Kiev city military administration, Timur Tkachenko, said the capital was “currently under a combined attack by the enemy.”

He added that the Russians were using missiles and strike drones.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, condemned Russia’s attacks on “residential buildings in Kiev” in a Telegram message, saying Moscow was “continuing a war against civilians.” Moscow has continued its attacks on Ukraine despite US efforts to mediate a ceasefire.