{"id":98205,"date":"2025-08-28T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98205\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:45:08","slug":"ukraine-war-live-updates-three-children-among-12-killed-in-major-russian-attack-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98205\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war live updates: Three children among 12 killed in major Russian attack on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child among Ukrainians killed in latest strikes on Kyivpublished at 07:17 British Summer Time<\/p>\n<p>07:17 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/37a32857-1a20-4aef-9455-5ec7803dc5c4.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Asya Robins<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes,\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/f2ed46ce-e297-427f-ba63-5528036eafd9.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ukraine&#8217;s capital Kyiv has come under heavy Russian bombardment overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are varying reports over the death toll, which we are working to confirm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Russian strikes on the capital have killed at least eight people, including a child, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergency Service says the death toll stands at six, while Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv&#8217;s military administration, says a 14-year-old girl is among the dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cRussia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table.<br \/>\nIt chooses to continue killing instead of ending the war,\u201d Zelensky says in a statement, reiterating the need for &#8220;new, tough sanctions&#8221; on Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Russia, the defence ministry says 102 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll bring you the latest developments as we get them, as well as analysis from our correspondents across the region &#8211; stay with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Child among Ukrainians killed in latest strikes on Kyivpublished at 07:17 British Summer Time 07:17 BST Asya RobinsLive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-98205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}