Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least four, Ukraine officials say

At least four people were killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack on the capital also left at least 15 wounded, including two boys aged 13 and 17. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported the four deaths.

Russia has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital recently, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to say interceptors are urgently needed.

The strikes came two days after a suspected Russian cruise missile landed in Poland during a widespread attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including six members of one family in a village near Kryvyih Rih.

Klitschko said the capital had come under a ballistic missile attack, with AFP reporting more than 10 explosions.

Fires broke out across the city and power outages were reported in some areas.

Klitschko said a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi was partially destroyed, trapping people inside, while a warehouse was on fire in the Darnytskyi district.