A Russian drone and missile attack in western Ukraine, has killed at least 26 people, including three children, amid reports that a new US- and Russian-drafted peace proposal would see Kyiv ceding land and slashing the size of its military. Many more people were listed as missing and nearly 100 had been hurt in the overnight strike that hit apartment buildings in the city of Ternopil, Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on Wednesday. Russia fired 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, striking energy and transport infrastructure and forcing emergency power cuts in a number of regions in frigid temperatures. The upper floors of a residential building in Ternopil were torn away in the attack. Klymenko said on Telegram that said emergency crews were working through the night, combing the site. “The main thing is to find those who could still be under the rubble … Flames flared up instantly and engulfed the building in a wave. People were terrified and tried to jump out of windows.”
