Russia on Tuesday rained missiles on the Ukrainian capital and other cities, killing one person and injuring dozens, with downed rockets hitting high-rise buildings and sparking fires.
More than a dozen loud explosions were heard in Kyiv by AFP journalists on Tuesday morning as air defences worked, shaking buildings in the city centre.
In the eastern city of Kharkiv, one person was killed and more than 20 injured by “at least four strikes” that damaged multi-storey buildings and civilian infrastructure in the centre The Ukrainian air force said Russia was launching Kindzhal missiles and more were heading towards the capital as well as towards the south and west.
Tuesday’s attacks came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces would intensify strikes on military targets after an unprecedented Ukrainian attack over the weekend on the Russian city of Belgorod
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported multiple explosions and debris from downed missiles hitting the capital.
He said 10 people had been injured in a multi-storey block of flats in the Solomiansky district “where a fire broke out as a result of a missile attack”.
