Russian drones, missiles attack Kyiv, injure 6, cause damage

Ukrainian service members carry coffins with the body of their brothers-in-arms, who was recently killed in fighting against Russian troops, during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 28, 2025. (REUTERS)
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Updated 29 November 2025
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Russian drones, missiles attack Kyiv, injure 6, cause damage

  • Strikes targetted at six locations, with apartment buildings and other dwellings hit in the city of 3 million, says head of Kyiv’s military administration

KYIV: Russian drones and missiles attacked districts of Kyiv early on Saturday, injuring six people, officials said, with explosions sounding and drone debris falling.
The head of Kyiv’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said there had been strikes at six locations, with apartment buildings and other dwellings hit in the city of 3 million.
“Enemy drones are over the city, with air defense responding. There are multiple targets on the capital’s outskirts,” Tkachenko said on Telegram.
Tkachenko said six people had been injured, including a child and one person in hospital in serious condition.




People take shelter at a metro station during an air attack in Kyiv on November 29, 2025, amid a Russian drone and missile attack. (AFP)

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a strike had triggered a fire in the lower floors of a high-rise apartment block west of the city center. Another fire broke out and was quickly brought under control in a central district.
“There are currently seven injured in the capital. Four of them have been hospitalized by medics,” Klitschko said, also on Telegram.
Earlier, he posted that a 13-year-old child was among the wounded.
Residential buildings in several districts of the city and cars were damaged, the mayor said.
Earlier this week, Russian drones and missiles rained down on Kyiv during the night, setting fires in apartment buildings.
City officials said seven people were killed.
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the worst armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
The war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee their homes.

 


UK starts visa requirements for St. Lucians

Updated 05 March 2026
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UK starts visa requirements for St. Lucians

  • Saint Lucia’s government said it was actively engaging with British government
  • It said it would continue talks to “explore pathways for maintaining strong mobility arrangements“

CASTRIES: Britain has introduced a visa requirement for Saint Lucians effective from Thursday citing a “notable increase” in nationals from the small Caribbean nation claiming asylum, Saint Lucia’s government said in a statement.
Immigration is one of Britain’s most politically sensitive issues, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has sought to show it is tightening the system as the ⁠populist Reform UK party ⁠gains ground in opinion polls.
Saint Lucia, a former British colony, has a population of about 180,000. Last year, the World Bank estimated a net emigration of just 23 ⁠people.
Its government said it was actively engaging with British government and would continue talks to “explore pathways for maintaining strong mobility arrangements.”
It said it was informed in a letter dated Wednesday.
Saint Lucia is a member of the Commonwealth, an association of mostly former British colonies. Before the 1970s, nationals of many of ⁠these ⁠had the right to live and work in the UK. Saint Lucians previously needed a 16 pound Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to travel to the UK. \

There will be a six-week transition for ETA holders, its government said.
On Tuesday, Britain said it would block study visas for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan and halt work visas for Afghans.