Rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble of an apartment block in Kyiv’s busy Shevchenkivskyi district. At least nine people died in the district, the interior ministry said.
“There were bricks on me, there was something in my mouth. It was total hell. I woke up in the rubble,” said Valeriy Mankuta, who clambered from his window to escape after his building was hit.
At least 34 people including four children were wounded in the attacks on Kyiv, the emergencies service said.
From midnight until almost dawn, the city shook with explosions and rattling machine gun fire from anti-aircraft units aiming at the drones.
Ukraine’s air force said it had downed 339 of 352 drones and 15 of 16 missiles launched by Russia in the attack on four Ukrainian regions.
In another missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Odesa on Monday, at least two people were killed and 12 wounded, local governor Oleh Kiper said.
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, as talks to end the conflict yielded few results.
Monday’s strikes come a day before Nato’s annual summit is held in the Hague, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Britain to discuss defence. (Reuters)
