Almost every district in Kyiv came under "massive" attack Friday morning, the Ukrainian capital's mayor said, with a death reported hours after journalists heard explosions in the city centre.Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has intensified its attacks on infrastructure, particularly targeting Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems, as well as residential areas, in recent months.

Missiles and drones were targeting critical infrastructure in the capital on Friday, said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the Kyiv regional military administration. Mayor Vitaly Klitschko called it a "massive enemy attack", saying air defence forces were in operation. One person was killed and at least 15 wounded in the attack, according to the Ukrainian emergency services, which added that "more than 40 people have been rescued" from fires and destruction across the city.

Earlier, Klitschko reported fires or damage to buildings in eight of Kyiv's 10 districts, saying medical emergency teams were deployed to all of them.He said a pregnant woman was among those hospitalised as well as a man in "extremely serious condition". "Sections of heating networks were damaged," he wrote on Telegram, with some buildings in northeastern Desnyansky district temporarily left without heat.

Electricity and water supplies could also be disrupted, he added."Russians are hitting residential buildings. There are a lot of damaged high-rise buildings throughout Kyiv, almost in every district," Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city's military administration, wrote on social media.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)