Russia’s defence ministry said a missile strike that killed four people in Kyiv overnight came in response to a Ukrainian attack earlier in the week using US-made ATACMS tactical missiles.
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On Friday, the ministry vowed retaliation after saying that Ukraine’s forces fired six projectiles at unspecified “facilities” in the Belgorod region near the nations’ border. Ukraine did not confirm use of the weapons.
At least four people were killed and three others wounded from a ballistic missile strike early on Saturday in central Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the entrance to a major subway station and a water-supply pipeline were damaged. A McDonald’s fast food restaurant was also struck. The strike was a few kilometres from Kyiv’s presidential palace.
Russia’s defence ministry said it targeted a rocket manufacturer and that “all objectives” had been achieved.
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The strikes follow deadly attacks this week on the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih – Zelensky’s hometown – and the bombardment of western Ukrainian regions. Those strikes triggered nationwide preventive power cuts and prompted neighbouring Poland to scramble military jets.