Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen others, local officials said on Saturday, with strikes damaging homes and causing fires across the city.
Russia and Ukraine have ramped up attacks on each other in recent months.
As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support.
The United Nations found June was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022.
Ukraine's state emergency service said the latest Russian attack struck five regions of Kiev, killing nine people and wounding 28 others, including four children.
"Explosions in the city. Kiev is under ballistic missile attack. Stay in shelters!" Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote earlier on Telegram.
Journalists reported hearing more than 10 explosions in a row, triggering car alarms on the streets.
A ‘massive strike’
Photos posted to Telegram by the state emergency service showed firefighters spraying water into what appeared to be a residential building.
Other images showed rescue workers with flashlights sifting through rubble.
The emergency service said on Friday morning that 105 people in Kiev had been rescued from impacted areas.
Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday it had launched a "massive strike" in the Keiv region, targeting "military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics centres".
In Kiev's Darnytsky district, the attacks damaged multiple buildings and vehicles, with authorities reporting seven people killed and 14 wounded in the area.
Two people were killed and eight others were wounded in Solomiansky district, where strikes damaged a five-storey residential building.
‘Very careful’
While Kiev has faced near-nightly attacks, Ukraine has also escalated its retaliatory strikes on Russia in recent months, partly to pressure Moscow to the negotiating table after nearly four-and-a-half years of war.
Russia's ministry of defence on Saturday said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 274 Ukrainian drones overnight.
And Russian online retail giant Wildberries said on Friday its logistics facility in Volgograd caught fire after an overnight attack, the latest in a series of strikes on the company's facilities.
Kiev has accused the e-commerce giant, which employs thousands of people and has become a key part of the economy, of storing drone parts and helping the Russian army.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump this week for talks.
Zelenskyy said following the meeting that Trump had agreed to license the production of Patriot missiles to Ukraine.
But the US president said on Friday that Washington would have to be "very careful" about giving Ukraine a license to produce the missiles.
On Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia's attacks show that Ukraine "urgently needs additional air and missile defence systems and interceptors".
"It is the battle for the skies that will define the trajectory of this war. The stronger the air shield over Ukraine, the closer peace becomes," he said.
