Kyiv Slammed By Russian Missile Barrage, Injuring Civilians

Viewed from an apartment whose windows were blown out, a ladder truck stands near a residential area that had earlier caught fire following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on March 21.

The first large Russian attack against the capital in recent weeks targeted the city with both ballistic and cruise missiles, according to Serhiy Popko, the head of its military administration.

A flash from the explosion of a missile illuminates the capital city of Kyiv during a Russian missile strike on March 21. Authorities reported that at least 10 people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl.

Firefighters work near a bomb crater after the Russian attack in Kyiv. Early reports said that there were at least three districts in the capital that suffered damage, including residential areas and a transformer substation.

A firefighter stands amid the debris following the missile attack.

AFP journalists reported around 10 large blasts. Ukrainian air-defense forces shot down "about three dozen enemy missiles, including ballistic missiles, over Kyiv and in the vicinity of the capital," the city's military administration said on Telegram, adding that the raid lasted three hours.

The aftermath showing blown out windows at a residential home.

A man stands near damaged vehicles.

"After a pause of 44 days, the enemy launched another missile attack on Kyiv," he said. "All emergency services are working at the sites. Clearing the consequences of the missile attack is under way," Popko said.

Popko added that the Russian military used strategic bombers and also launched missiles from its territory.

First responders help residents leave their homes following the missile attack.

Rocket fragments fell onto a kindergarten in the Sviatoshynskiy district of the capital, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, while an apartment building and a car caught fire in other areas of the city.

City employees work to clear the debris following the attack near a residential building.

A city employee begins clearing up near shattered cars in a residential parking lot.

Residents huddled outside in the cold while emergency responders arrived at the attack sites.

A woman comforts a child.