More news now on the missile strikes in Kyiv, a city that has been relatively calm in the past few weeks as Russia focuses its efforts on taking Ukraine’s east.
According to a Telegram message from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, a residential building was “partially destroyed as a result of enemy shelling” on Kyiv.
Fires sparked by the bombing were reported at 20:13 local time in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital.
The fire in the 25-storey building was extinguished by 21:25 after burning a total area of 100 square meters and causing the “partial destruction” of the 1st and 2nd floors.
“According to preliminary data, five people were rescued and ten were injured,” the government agency reported, adding that the figures were still being verified.