At least nine people have been killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials.
At least another 28 were injured in the attack on the capital Kyiv on Saturday morning, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Moscow has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital recently, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to say interceptors are urgently needed.
The strikes came two days after a suspected Russian cruise missile landed in Poland during a widespread attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including six members of one family.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital had come under a ballistic missile attack on Saturday, with AFP reporting more than 10 explosions.
Fires broke out across the city and power cuts were reported in some areas.
Klitschko said a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi was partially destroyed, trapping people inside.
The emergency services said at least seven people were killed in a strike in Darnytskyi district. Another 14 were injured, including two children, it reported.
In Solomyanskyi district, two people died and eight were injured, including two children, as a five-storey residential building was partially destroyed, officials said.
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