Russian missiles attack Kyiv: Ukraine officials

Workers clear the snow in the city park in Kyiv on Saturday where a series of explosions rocked the city and air raid sirens started to wail as an apparent missile attack was underway. Pic/AP

A series of explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday morning and minutes later air raid sirens started to wail as an apparent missile attack on the Ukrainian capital was underway. Critical infrastructure in Kyiv was targeted, the deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Telegram. An unidentified infrastructure object was hit in the city and emergency services were operating at the site of the strike, Kyiv's city military administration said.

Explosions were heard in the Dniprovskyi district, a residential area, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Klitschko also said that fragments of a missile fell on a non-residential area in the Holosiivskyi district on the right bank, and a fire broke out in a building there. No casualties have been reported so far. It wasn't immediately clear whether several facilities in Kyiv were targeted or just the one that was reported hit. The Ukrainian capital hasn't been attacked with missiles since New Year's night, January 1.

In the outlying Kyiv region, a residential building in the village of Kopyliv was hit, and windows of the houses nearby were blown out, Tymoshenko said. A total of 18 private houses were damaged in the region, according to regional Gov Oleksii Kuleba. "There are damaged roofs and windows," but no casualties, Kuleba said in a Telegram post. He added that a fire has been contained at a "critical infrastructure facility" in the region. Earlier on Saturday, two Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, the governor of the Kharkiv region reported.

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