Multiple explosions in Ukraine capital Kyiv
At least two explosions were heard in central Kyiv shortly after 08:00 local time (06:00 BST).
A BBC crew on the roof of our hotel witnessed one of the missile strikes. Air raid sirens had sounded about 90 minutes earlier.
This
is the first time Kyiv has been hit for many months and the explosions
also appear to be much more central than Russian strikes earlier in the
war.
There are reports of overnight attacks in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia as well.
Images and videos on social media show smoke rising above buildings in several parts of Kyiv.
A Russian rocket reportedly landed on a city
street in Kyiv near the monument to Hrushevsky, according to a senior
presidential advisor.
Anton Gerashchenko, senior Ukrainian advisor to the minister of internal affairs, made the claim over his Telegram account this morning alongside images purported to be from the scene.
Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko added that one rocket fell “right in the centre of the city”.
“Cars are burning, and windows have been shattered in houses. There are dead,” he tweeted this morning.
Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, issued a statement via his official Telegram account just after 8.30am local time, saying: “Several explosions in the Shevchenkiv district - in the centre of the capital.”
Klitschko said more details would follow.
The Associated Press also reported large explosions were heard in Kyiv following sound of incoming missiles.
