Russia struck residential parts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine said, killing six people in a single apartment block in attacks President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as "heinous" and aimed at civilians.

Kyiv also said a Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine hours later killed two more people.

It was one of the largest attacks on Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, hitting buildings in most of the capital's districts.

The attack also damaged Azerbaijan's embassy.

Baku said an Iskander-type missile had destroyed part of its compound and summoned Moscow's envoy.

In the east of the city, where rescue workers were clearing debris, AFP reporters saw multi-storey buildings with dozens of windows and balconies blown out, their fa

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