An American citizen was among at least 28 people killed in a deadly and huge Russian strike on Kyiv overnight Tuesday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said an American was killed as more than 40 apartments were destroyed by the Russian attacks.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency workers pulled more bodies Wednesday from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to 28.

(Reuters) -Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, damaging an apartment building, sparking fires and injuring up to 16 people, city officials said.