One dead, multiple injured after Russia launches wave of strikes on Ukraine

One idiosyncratic has been killed and 21 others injured aft Russia launched a ample question of rocket and drones strikes connected the Ukrainian superior of Kyiv.

Explosions were heard crossed the city, with politician Vitali ⁠Klitschko penning connected Telegram that harm has been reported successful each districts, including residential buildings and school.

A 15-year-old lad was among those injured and 13 radical person been taken to hospital, 3 of them successful "a superior condition", Klitschko said.

The strikes travel pursuing Russian President Vladimir Putin's vow to retaliate aft accusing Ukraine of carrying retired a deadly onslaught connected a pupil dormitory successful the municipality of Starobilsk connected Friday, wherever 18 radical were killed.

In a statement, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said it did transportation retired an onslaught adjacent Starobilsk successful Russian-occupied eastbound Ukraine overnight connected Friday, but maintains that it struck a Russian subject unit.

Russia's overnight onslaught connected Sunday deed much than 40 locations crossed Kyiv, with falling debris sparking fires astatine residential buildings, warehouses, a supermarket and buying centre, according to Klitschko.

"The superior has been subjected to a monolithic ballistic attack. Further launches are possible," Tymur Tkachenko, caput of the Kyiv's subject medication wrote connected Telegram soon aft midnight.

One idiosyncratic was killed aft a nine-story residential gathering successful the cardinal territory of Shevchenko was deed and a occurrence broke retired connected the apical floors.

The aforesaid district, a onslaught adjacent an aerial raid structure astatine a schoolhouse blocked its entranceway with debris, trapping respective radical inside.

Emergency services rushed to aggregate scenes of harm crossed the city, putting retired blazes, clearing debris and treating the injured.

"The cleanup of the aftermath of the shelling is ongoing," Tkachenko said, adding that the deployment of assistance office volition beryllium announced soon.

On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that determination were signs that Russia was preparing for "a combined onslaught connected Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv.

He cited quality from Ukraine, Europe and the US that signalled Russia could beryllium preparing a onslaught with the Oreshnik missile, which reportedly travels much than 10 times the velocity of airy and is presently intolerable to intercept.