Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east. Rescue crews work outside a damaged residential building hit by Russian missiles in Kyiv on Sunday. Explosions were also heard in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy on Sunday, former regional governor Oleksandr Skichko said on the Telegram app. He said the attempt by Ukrainian forces to turn the Azot plant into a "stubborn centre of resistance" had been thwarted. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk province, said on Friday that Ukrainian troops were retreating from Severodonetsk after weeks of bombardment and house-to-house fighting.

Source: CBC News June 26, 2022 14:53 UTC