Four dead in night-time Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian military administration says

(Reuters) – Four people were killed early on Saturday in the centre of Kyiv in a night-time Russian attack, said Timur Tkachenko, head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration.

Tkachenko posted on the Telegram messaging app that the deaths had occurred in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district.

He said falling debris had also hit the Holosiivskyi district on the west bank of the Dnipro River that runs through the capital and in the Desnyanskyi district on the opposite bank.

Public broadcaster Suspilne posted on Telegram pictures of emergency crews working amid piles of shattered glass.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were in operation around the city.

Klitschko said windows had been shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including at a metro station which had been closed. He said smoke was coming out of an apartment building and repair crews had been dispatched to repair a damaged water main.

Authorities had warned of the danger of attack drones and missiles in the run-up to the attack. The air raid alert on the capital was lifted after it had been effect for a little more than an hour.