Ukraine war: One killed in overnight Kyiv drone attack

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic died and respective were injured successful an overnight Russian drone onslaught connected Kyiv, authorities said.

Roughly a twelve Iran-made drones were changeable down implicit the city's airspace, according to Kyiv subject officials.

It was the 3rd nighttime of attacks successful a enactment connected the capital, coming conscionable hours aft the extremity of the Nato acme successful Lithuania.

Debris was reported successful 5 districts and astatine slightest 2 radical were sent to infirmary with shrapnel wounds.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a 1 assemblage was recovered successful an flat gathering successful Podilsky district, northbound of cardinal Kyiv.

The erstwhile 2 days' Nato acme successful Vilnius saw Western enactment for Ukraine astatine the apical of the agenda.

Mr Zelensky utilized his attendance to propulsion for Ukrainian rank of the alliance, but was told this would lone beryllium imaginable "when allies hold and conditions are met".

This deficiency of a coagulated timeframe appeared to choler the Ukrainian president, who called it "absurd". He had earlier said determination seemed to beryllium "no readiness" to invitation Ukraine to Nato oregon marque it a member.

He besides expressed interest that Ukraine's rank could beryllium utilized arsenic portion of a bargaining spot during post-war negotiations with Russia.

But by the extremity of the summit, Mr Zelensky had a much optimistic instrumentality connected developments.

In his nightly code connected Wednesday, helium said helium was returning location "with a bully effect for our country", namely a reinforcement of weapons arsenic good arsenic a way towards Nato membership.

"We person enactment to remainder immoderate doubts and ambiguities astir whether Ukraine volition beryllium successful Nato - it will," helium said, adding that for the archetypal clip "a important majority" of members are "vigorously pushing" for it.

He besides praised the signing of a wide-ranging information pact with G7 members, saying his state present had "concrete information guarantees" from the world's starring democracies.

Speaking astatine the summit, US President Joe Biden besides praised Nato unity, thing helium said Russian President Vladimir Putin had underestimated erstwhile helium launched his penetration against Ukraine.

"He was betting Nato would interruption apart. He thought our unity would shatter astatine the archetypal testing. He thought antiauthoritarian leaders would beryllium weak. But helium thought wrong," helium said.

Meanwhile, a Russian wide called Ivan Popov said helium had been dismissed arsenic a commandant aft telling the subject enactment astir dire conditions connected the beforehand line, which helium said they did not privation to hear.Gen Popov, who commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army successful Zaoprizhzhia region, reportedly said Russian soldiers had been stabbed successful the backmost by the failings of the apical subject brass.There was nary contiguous remark from the Russian defence ministry.