Russian missiles strike Kyiv, killing one, wounding 13
Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital
Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Sunday, killing at least one person
and wounding 13 others as fires broke out across the city, officials said.
A series of powerful explosions thundered
through the night as Ukraine's air force warned of a ballistic missile threat.
Fires broke out at a dormitory, an apartment
building and a supermarket, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram
app.
Several non-residential buildings and warehouses
were struck in the attack, while parked cars and office buildings caught fire
in several districts, Klitschko said.
At one location, workers picked through
smouldering debris and doused bombed-out apartments.
A resident who identified himself as Vlad said
he had been inside his apartment when a blast tore off his balcony door, which
struck him in the head.
"My grandmother lives with me, and she
can't walk. How could I run away and leave her behind?" he said.
The State Emergency Service dispatched emergency
workers to several locations across three city districts.
Two people were wounded in the Kyiv region,
according to the military administration, and warehouses there were also
damaged.
Russian forces have stepped up ballistic missile
strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent weeks, as Ukraine runs low on
critical US-designed air defences to shoot them down.
