Almost every district in Kyiv was under a ‘massive’ attack Friday morning, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, with AFP journalists reporting explosions in the city centre as Russia intensifies its attacks on infrastructure.

Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has particularly targeted Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems, as well as residential areas in recent months.

Missiles and drones were targeting critical infrastructure facilities in the capital on Friday, said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the Kyiv regional military administration.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko called it a “massive enemy attack”, saying air defence forces were in operation.

At least 11 people were wounded, five of whom were hospitalised, including a pregnant woman and a man in

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