Authorities in Kyiv said early on Thursday that two children had been killed as a result of the strikes, although this has yet to be confirmed.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down all ten Russian Iskander missiles fired at the country overnight, according to Kyiv’s military.
Russian forces launched “a series of attacks” on the Ukrainian capital, starting at around 2:45 a.m. local time on Thursday, Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces said in an operational update.
A total of 10 Iskander missiles were fired from Russia’s Bryansk region, which is to the northeast of Kyiv, the armed forces said. Ukraine’s defenses intercepted seven Iskander-M ballistic missiles and three Iskander-K cruise missiles, the Ukrainian air force said in a statement.
Short-range Iskander missiles have frequently been used by Moscow’s forces in strikes on Ukrainian targets. The Iskander tactical missile system can launch either ballistic or cruise missiles, which can be winged, such as the Iskander-K, and be armed with either conventional or nuclear warheads.
