Ukrainian capital Kyiv, other cities, under Russian attack, officials say

Russian forces attacked ⁠the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with missiles early on Tuesday, officials said, with initial reports saying apartment blocks and other buildings ‌had suffered ‌damage.

Officials reported Russian air attacks on other Ukrainian regions, including Kharkiv, ‌the country's second largest city, where the regional governor said two people were injured.

In Kyiv, Reuters witnesses reported loud explosions in the city after midnight and said both missiles and drones were being deployed.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said ‌on Telegram ‍that several apartment buildings, an education ‍establishment and a commercial building had been damaged in ‌districts east of the Dnipro River.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a building housing a kindergarten had been set on fire and a non-residential building hit in eastern districts.

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An air raid alert remained in effect more than two ‍hours after it had been announced.

Videos posted on social media showed an apartment on ‍the upper ⁠floors of a ⁠Kyiv block ablaze.

Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, reported several strikes in succession by drones and missiles.

Public broadcaster Suspilne reported a series of explosions in the southeastern city of Dnipro and in Sumy, near the Russian border.