In a bomb shelter arrange in a basement of a residential constructing, over a dozen residents gathered after the air alert began, an AFP journalist witnessed.
Kyiv was final hit by missiles in early April when at the very least three folks had been wounded.
It has been the goal of sporadic assaults since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
In Ukraine’s east, town of Kharkiv was hit by seven missiles early Thursday, metropolis mayor Igor Terekhov mentioned, including later that it was “beneath assault by cruise missiles for the second time in a single night time”.
“One of the crucial current strikes hit a densely populated residential space … Two folks had been injured there. The inspection of the websites of enemy strikes is underway,” Terekhov mentioned, urging town’s residents to “watch out”.
Andriy Yermak, a prime aide to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, mentioned Russia was attacking Kyiv, Kharkiv and different cities “with missiles and drones proper now”.
“Putin exhibits solely a need to kill,” he mentioned. “The assaults on civilians should cease.”
