Russian drones hammer apartments, offices and a cultural landmark in Kyiv, killing at least 7

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said Monday.Moscow’s forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv.The ceaseless Russian drone attacks on cities and towns aim to wear down Ukraine’s resistance and cripple the Ukrainian economy.The attacks followed a week of diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to get traction for negotiations on ending Moscow’s invasion that began 4½ years ago.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.“Ukraine will have to pay a price for the actions that have taken place in recent months,” Peskov told reporters.“That is happening right now.”Russian drone attacks on the Kyiv region killed four people and wounded eight, officials said.A woman was killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district on Monday afternoon, the Kyiv city military administration said.

The strike hit the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the latest cultural landmark in the capital to be damaged.Russian forces also hit a pharmaceutical company and gas stations in Kyiv.One drone struck an office center in central Dnipro during working hours Monday, killing three people and wounding at least 12, local authorities said.A Russian strike on a nine-story apartment building in the northeastern city of Kharkiv wounded 43 people, including 11 children, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.Four people, including two teenage girls, were hurt when a Russian drone struck a residential area in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region on Sunday evening, said Viacheslav Chaus, head of the regional military administration.Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces struck two data cente...