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Russian attack kills four in Kyiv, Ukraine strikes set fuel stores alight

First responders work the scene following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. (AP: Efrem Lukatsky)

In short: 

Four people have been killed after Russia attacked Kyiv with a barrage of drones and missiles. 

Ukrainian drone strikes have set fuel stores in Russia alight. 

What's next?

The office of Ukraine's general prosecutor said an investigation has been launched into the missile attack. 

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.

Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Ukraine's Air Force. 

Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.

Russian attack kills four in Kyiv, Ukraine strikes set fuel stores alight

Roads were destroyed by the barrage of drones and missiles.  (AP: Efrem Lukatsky)

Four people were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv City Military Administration head Timur Tkachenko. 

There was also falling debris in the Desnyansky district, he said.

Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said in the Shevchenkivskyi district, windows were broken and there was smoke at the entrance of a residential building, adding that a water supply pipeline was also damaged.

AP journalists at the scene saw a man lying dead amid the debris in a pool of blood. Water flooded the streets as firefighters put out the blaze from the attack.

Mr Klitschko also said the Lukyanivska metro station was shuttered after the attacks damaged its glass entrance.

Russian attack kills four in Kyiv, Ukraine strikes set fuel stores alight

Cars were part of the wreckage of Russia's missile attack.  (AP: Efrem Lukatsky)

The office of Ukraine's general prosecutor said in a statement that an investigation has been launched into the missile attack. 

The victims were a security guard at a food establishment and three people who were in a minibus on the street, it said.

Drones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions.

Drones start fires at Russian fuel sites

Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia's Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said on Saturday.

Russian schools, airports closed as Ukraine launches 'massive' strikes

Photo shows Orange flames in the sky

Russian attack kills four in Kyiv, Ukraine strikes set fuel stores alight

The Russian military accused Kyiv of using US and British supplied missiles and promised the strikes would "not go unanswered".

Russia's Defense Ministry said 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight.

In the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire in the town of Lyudinovo, Governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. Residents said on social media that the attack had targeted a local oil depot.

A fire was also reported in Tula region, where Governor Dmitry Milyaev said a fuel storage tank had been set alight.

He warned residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.

No casualties were reported in either case.

AP

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