Rescuers pull out cat from rubble of a collapsed Kyiv building hit by Russian drone

Rescue workers in Ukraine pulled out a cat from rubble of a collapsed building following a drone strike in Kyiv on Monday. Kyiv's central district of Shevchenko was hit on Monday damaging several apartment blocks and setting fire to building. One strike appeared to target city's heating network, hitting an operations centre. Anor slammed into a four-story residential building, ripping a large hole and damaging at least three apartments. deputy he of Ukrainian president's office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said strike killed 3 people and wounded 4 ors.

Ukraine’s allies vowed to supply besieged nation with vanced air defence systems as Russian forces attacked Kyiv region with kamikaze drones and fired missiles elsewhere at civilian targets, payback for bombing of a strategic bridge linking Russia with annexed Crimea. Missile strikes also earlier killed at least five people and destroyed an apartment building in sourn city of Mykolaiv, while heavy artillery damaged more than 30 houses, a hospital, a kindergarten and or buildings in town of Nikopol, across river from Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Russia has intensified its bombardment of civilian areas in recent weeks as its military lost ground in multiple occupied regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vlimir Putin has illegally annexed. Kremlin war hawks have urged Putin to escalate bombing campaign, even more, to punish Ukraine for Saturday’s truck bomb attack on landmark Kerch Bridge. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for attack.