Russia has launched numerous airstrikes against the Ukrainian capital over the course of the last 24 hours.
Hours after president Volodymyr Zelensky‘s trip to the UK, missiles and drones poured down on Kyiv.
One official described the attack as being “exceptional in density” and said at least three persons were hurt.
As Putin unleashed the ferocious aerial assault employing a combination of drones, cruise missiles, and perhaps ballistic missiles, loud explosions could be heard above the city.
Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, said it was the ‘maximum number of attacking missiles in the shortest period of time’.
Debris fell across several districts in the capital.
Videos on social media showed air defence systems shooting down missiles overhead.
In the Solomyansky district, the debris caused a fire in a non-residential building, which was later put out.
Debris set cars on fire and fell on the grounds of a zoo, but no losses were reported, said Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
Mr Popko was unable to provide an exact number of how many missiles the Ukrainian air defence managed to bring down.
He said: ‘According to preliminary information, the vast majority of enemy targets in the airspace of Kyiv were detected and destroyed.’
It’s the eighth time this month Russian air raids have targeted the capital in a clear escalation after a quieter few weeks ahead of a much-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive.