Civilian toll rises as Moscow pounds Kyiv with missiles

Russia fired two dozen ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight yesterday, killing one person and wounding 16, in an ever-escalating air war that is taking an increasing civilian toll on both sides.The latest bombardment highlights a dual challenge for Ukraine in its fifth year of war. It is facing intensifying Russian missile attacks alongside rare domestic political instability triggered by a sudden wartime shakeup of its defense leadership.“The missiles just kept coming one after another, the explosions were powerful, it was horrible,” Kyiv resident Ganna Zagorodnia said. “I thought that life was just about to end.” Rescuers work on a residential building in Kyiv hit by Russian missile strikes yesterday. Photo: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that “overnight, Russia carried