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they were killed in their Kyiv apartment, United24 media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin unleashed 147 drones across the country, triggering large fires in apartment buildings across the capital <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/kiev\/\">Kyiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers found Okeksandr and five-year-old Nikol amongst the rubble in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Nikol\u2019s mother was hospitalised, with another 9 people also reported injured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"710\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22774559 lazyload\" alt=\"3 killed and 10 injured as Russia launched an overnight drone attack\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244885251-df3b.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Okeksandr and daughter Nikol had just escaped the approaching Russian army, only to be killed in Kyiv (Picture: @dudchenko_di\/instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The assault came a day before the warring countries are expected to hold ceasefire negotiations in <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> to discuss an end in long-range attacks targeting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Air raid sirens sounded for five hours wave over Kyiv, as drones also targeted the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described the barrage as a \u201cmassive enemy drone attack\u201d on the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s air force said they managed to stop 122 drones reaching their targets.<\/p>\n<p>The low-flying drones and debris struck apartment buildings and killed three people, including Okeksandr and daughter Nikol.<\/p>\n<p>The family had just moved to Kyiv from their home town in the Zaporizhzhia region, in order to escape the approaching Russian army.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22773973 lazyload\" alt=\"KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 23: Upper floors of a 9-story residential building in the Dniprovskyi district are damaged by a Russian drone strike - a fire broke out in apartments on March 23, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In the early morning, the Russian army attacked Kyiv and Oblast with Shahed-type drones, most of which were intercepted by Ukraine's Air Defense Forces. However, the fragments of some drones damaged residential high-rise buildings, an office building, and vehicles in at least five districts of the city. At least 8 people were injured; and three were killed, including a 5-year-old child. (Photo by Roman Petushkov\/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244869699-8dfd.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>High rise buildings were hit by debris (Picture: Roman Petushkov\/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two residential buildings were ravaged by flames in the district of Dnpiro after being hit by drone debris.<\/p>\n<p>A top-storey fire in one building killed a woman, the State Emergency Service said.<\/p>\n<p>The major attack took place as the Ukrainian negotiating team is expected to meet with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia a day ahead of talks with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine<strong> <\/strong>is planning to send technical teams to discuss the details of the partial ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for a peace deal to end the 1,123 day conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations are focusing now on a partial ceasefire to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"446\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22773983 lazyload\" alt=\"A view shows an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 23, 2025. REUTERS\/Stringer\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244846836-b8d0.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Air raid sirens blared for hours over the capital Kyiv (Picture: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump and Putin reportedly brokered a deal for Russia to stop striking crucial Ukrainian infrastructure for 30 days \u2013 which Putin promptly broke the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin hit energy infrastructure in Slovyansk, a city in the Donetsk region, leaving large swathes of the city of 100,000 people without power.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Russia accused Ukraine of launching air attacks and the Kremlin said it had shot down 57 Ukrainian drones.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said Moscow\u2019s refusal to halt all strikes proved the need for increased pressure on Moscow to prevent Putin from prolonging the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This confirms that we must continue to pressure Russia for the sake of peace,\u2019 he said on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Only a real halt to Russia\u2019s attacks on civilian infrastructure can signal a genuine desire to end this war and bring peace closer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine strikes have continued since then, and dozens of drones were launched into enemy territory last night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22774223 lazyload\" alt=\"A resident cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after a Russia's night drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244874859-7042.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Caption: A resident cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after a Russia\u2019s night drone attack in Kyiv (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said its defence systems show down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight, while a drone strike killed a man in Rostov, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president said during a press conference in Finland this week that Russian drones were still deployed and that \u2018everything will continue to fly\u2019 until \u2018there is an appropriate document laying out a ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T57S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/23\/08\/96480243-0-image-m-126_1742718251744.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-03-23T08:22:32+0000″,”description”:”A Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed two people, sparked fires in apartment buildings and forced the evacuation of tens of people, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said early on Sunday (March 23).”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/03\/23\/4130657260738006980\/480x270_MP4_4130657260738006980.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1282,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions\/1282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}