Russian drone attack kills one in Kyiv suburbs

A child holds a national flag as people attend a ceremony to mark the 116th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian far-right leader and leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) Stepan Bandera (1909-1959), in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 1, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [AFP]

A Russian drone attack towards the Ukrainian capital on Friday killed one person and wounded four in the Kyiv suburbs, local officials said.

Moscow's forces have escalated their aerial strikes across Ukraine through the first weeks of winter, including a New Year's Day drone attack targeting central Kyiv that killed two.