Russia’s 12-hour Kyiv attack kills 12 as Ukraine schools reopen

Russia launched an overnight aerial attack on Kyiv that lasted more than 12 hours and continued into Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than a dozen others, including three children, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes on the capital and eight other regions came on the day millions of Ukrainian schoolchildren returned to classes for the new school year. The attack was the sixth straight day of heavy Russian strikes on Kyiv, in what Ukrainian officials said was an effort to wear down civilians by disrupting daily life. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said those killed included an Indian citizen,…