Kyiv’s military administration chief, Tymur Tkachenko, said a fire had broken out at a high-rise residential apartment building in the Dniprovskyi district, forcing the evacuation of its residents. <\/p>\n
Emergency services on the scene said 18 people had been rescued, including three children, and the search for victims was ongoing after the fire had been contained.<\/p>\n
A second high-rise apartment in the Pechersk district in the city centre was also set ablaze after being hit during the strikes, according to Kyiv’s mayor.<\/p>\n
Vitali Klitschko said residents were evacuated and the building suffered damage to the upper floors, but the fire had been extinguished.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s air defence units responded to the attack as explosions were heard across Kyiv and residents were urged to take shelter in underground car parks and bunkers.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy also confirmed a “massive, combined enemy attack” on the country’s energy infrastructure facilities.<\/p>\n
“Energy officials will begin assessing the consequences and restoration work as soon as the security situation permits,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Also overnight, Russian officials in the Rostov region said the death toll from a Ukrainian strike had risen to three, after initial reports of one death. <\/p>\n
“Doctors were unable to save two more people; they died from their wounds in the hospital,” Russia’s acting governor of the Rostov region Yuri Sliusar wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n
“Tonight’s enemy attack brought great grief,” he added. <\/p>\n
One of the deaths was reported in the city of Taganrog, where mayor Svetlana Kambulova vowed “necessary response measures”.<\/p>\n
Another 10 people were injured in the strikes.<\/p>\n
In the southern Krasnodar region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev described Ukraine’s overnight bombardment “one of the Kyiv regime’s most sustained and massive attacks”.<\/p>\n
These latest trading of strikes between Ukraine and Russia came as peace talks continued between US and Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s European allies appeared to have produced an amended version of the plan after rejecting parts which favoured Russia’s war aims.<\/p>\n