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 not less than three individuals 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, the town of Kharkiv was hit by seven missiles early Thursday, metropolis mayor Igor Terekhov mentioned, including later that it was “below assault by cruise missiles for the second time in a single night time”.
“Probably the most current strikes hit a densely populated residential space … Two individuals had been injured there. The inspection of the websites of enemy strikes is underway,” Terekhov mentioned, urging the 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 want to kill,” he mentioned. “The assaults on civilians should cease.”
