At least three people were killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital and its outskirts, according to Kyiv's mayor on Friday, while the air force issued a nationwide missile warning.
"Three dead and 13 wounded," according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, were caused by the attack on Kyiv, which also damaged residential buildings and started fires.
Additionally, he reported that a medic was murdered while reacting to a second drone strike at a residential building. It was unclear if the preliminary toll included the medic.
Mykola Kalashnyk, the regional governor, asked people to remain in shelters until the air raid sirens went off. The air force issued a warning that "all of Ukraine is under a missile threat" after verifying the presence of Russian bombers in the skies. The military claimed that shortly before midnight, a ballistic missile hit "infrastructure facilities" in the western city of Lviv.
The Ukrainian military is responsible for determining whether a nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile was utilized, according to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy.
Radiation levels were within normal limits, according to the regional military administration following the strike. The most recent assault follows a warning issued by the US Embassy in Kyiv on Thursday that a "potentially significant air attack" might take place at any point in the coming days.
In his evening speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated the infrequent caution. On Thursday, Moscow called Kyiv and its allies a "axis of war" and rejected the most recent post-war plan developed during a conference in Paris.
The strategy calls for the deployment of a European multinational force when hostilities end, as well as a monitoring system headed by the United States.
However, Moscow called the planned security guarantees "militaristic" and threatened to retaliate against any Western peacekeeping forces deployed to Ukraine.
