Moscow strikes Kyiv government building for first time in largest aerial assault of the war

State emergency officials said a fire broke out in two of the four stories of a residential building in the district that hit in the drone attack, with its structure partially destroyed.

In the western district of Sviatoshynskyi, several floors of a nine-storey residential building were partially destroyed, Klitschko and emergency officials said.

Falling drone debris set off fires in a 16-storey apartment building and two more nine-storey buildings, the mayor said.

Svyrydenko called for more weapons for Ukraine and for the world to respond to the Russian attacks.

“We will rebuild the buildings,” Svyrydenko said. “But lost lives cannot be brought back. The enemy terrorises and kills our people across the country every day.”

Smoke billowed out of apartment buildings, some with floors partially collapsed and facades crumbled, in social media photographs posted by emergency officials.

Russia was “deliberately and consciously striking civilian targets”, Tkachenko said on Telegram.

Dozens of explosions also shook the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, cutting power to some areas and damaging a bridge across the Dnipro River, Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi said on Telegram.

Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih in the same region targeted transport and urban infrastructure, Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the military administration, said on Telegram.

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In the southern city of Odesa, civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged and fires broke out in several apartment blocks, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram.

For its part, the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, said it had attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, inflicting “comprehensive fire damage”.

As western Ukraine faced the threat of air attacks, Poland activated its and allied aircraft to ensure air safety, the operational command of the Polish armed forces said.