Russian missiles hit Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, three dead

Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities early on Thursday, killing three people, including a 12-year-old child, injuring more than 20 and badly damaging buildings, officials said.



In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people, including the child, had died. In the southeastern city of Dnipro, where Russian attacks set residential buildings ablaze, the regional governor said one person was killed.



"At result of the enemy attack on the capital, two people have been killed, a 12-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman," Klitschko wrote on Telegram. "Ten residents have been injured. Six are being treated in hospital."



Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration put the injury toll in the city at 18, including a child.



An air raid alert remained in effect in both Kyiv and Dnipro more than two hours after it had been imposed in the capital.



Photos posted on line showed fires burning out of control and smoke billowing skyward.



Klitschko said rescue teams had rescued a mother and child from a building in a central district where the ground floor was badly damaged.