Six killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv

Russia says six radical person been killed, including a child, successful a Ukrainian onslaught successful the Kursk region.

This comes aft Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a caller rocket onslaught connected Kyiv, damaging a gathering hosting respective embassies.

In Russia, the acting politician of the Kursk portion said successful summation to those killed, respective were taken to infirmary pursuing the onslaught connected the municipality of Rylsk.

Alexander Khinshtein said a taste centre, a fittingness complex, a schoolhouse and homes were damaged successful the onslaught which took spot astatine 15:30 section clip (12:30 GMT).

Ukrainian troops inactive clasp parts of the Kursk portion aft launching a astonishment incursion successful August.

Ukraine's overseas ministry said Russia's onslaught successful the superior had affected the diplomatic missions of Albania, Argentina, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal and Montenegro. It is unclear whether the gathering lodging them was straight targeted.

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic died and 9 others were injured successful the onslaught which damaged a fig of buildings successful the city, Ukraine's subject said. It is not thought that immoderate of the embassy diplomats were injured.

In a verified video filmed successful the Pecherskyi District, Kyiv's 2nd oldest Roman Catholic religion St Nicholas Cathedral is shown with windows shattered pursuing a adjacent blast.

Ukraine's subject said Russia launched 65 drones and missiles crossed the state overnight, with astir changeable down.

One antheral successful Kyiv, who said helium was the proprietor of a edifice that suffered extended harm pursuing the attack, was filmed cursing the Russians arsenic "beasts" arsenic helium surveyed the charred ammunition of a gathering successful beforehand of him.

The video was wide shared connected societal media.

Oksana, different resident, sent the BBC photos of her destroyed apartment, with the windows blown successful and solid and brickwork strewn crossed the floors.

"I don't recognize however I survived," she said.

"My balcony flew away, fractional my walls are gone. My neighbour is successful specified daze she can't adjacent speak. I person nary words for the radical who did this."

A section writer astatine the country told the BBC that 1 of the buildings adjacent had been utilized by the Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU, and was apt to person been the people of the strikes, though overmuch of the harm seen by the BBC had affected residential buildings.

In a connection confirming the attack, the Russian Defence Ministry said missiles had been launched astatine an SBU "command post" successful effect to a onslaught connected a chemic works successful Russia's Rostov Region 2 days ago.

But determination is besides speculation successful Kyiv that Friday's onslaught could beryllium linked to the sidesplitting of a Russian general, Lt-Gen Igor Kirillov, successful Moscow connected Tuesday.

Friday's onslaught travel 1 time aft Vladimir Putin's end-of-year property league and phone-in show, successful which helium threatened to motorboat much ballistic missiles astatine the Ukrainian capital.

There is interest successful Kyiv that Russia could usage a alleged Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic rocket to deed the capital. Moscow test-fired the rocket connected the metropolis of Dnipro earlier this month.

Earlier connected Friday morning, the Ukrainian authorities issued an aerial alert linked to the imaginable motorboat of an Oreshnik missile, and urged radical successful Kyiv to urgently question shelter. It turned retired to beryllium a mendacious alarm.