'You don't know where to hide': Kyiv residents reel from deadly Russian missile attacks
Workers have started to clear debris in downtown Kyiv after Russian forces launched a barrage of fatal bombardments in the capital and across Ukraine.
The attack was allegedly retaliation for an explosion that damaged a key bridge to Moscow-annexed Crimea.
Ukraine's most senior military general said Russian forces had fired 75 missiles on cities across the country in a wave of attacks that included Iranian drones.
It was the first Russian strike on Kyiv since late June.
Residents were sent into bomb shelters for the first time in months.
The attacks struck the capital at the start of the morning rush hour, when commuter traffic was beginning to pick up.
"What you see here you see across the whole city. They've been coming over every half an hour, about seven, eight or nine times", said Anton, a 25 year-old-male.
While Ksenia Ryazantseva, a 39-year-old language teacher said, "we were sleeping when we heard the first explosion. We woke up, went to check and then, the second explosion came."
According to Kyiv's Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, the Shevchenko district near parliament buildings was hit. The area includes the historic old town as well as several government offices.
"The capital is under Russian terrorist attack!" Klitschko said on social media, adding that the strikes had hit the city centre.
"If there is no urgent need, it is better not to go to the city today. I am also asking the residents in the suburbs about this – do not go to the capital today.
"You know, we see windows are broken, infrastructure is damaged, we will fix it. But how can we repair the lives of the people who have died now?
"These are innocent people, ordinary civilians from our city. And this nonsense, that this is a 'special operation', yes, we have heard,
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