Four dead in Russian attack on Kyiv

Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault.

- BY DEREK GATOPOULOS, ILLIA NOVIKOV AND ELISE MORTON

RESCUERS work at apartment buildings damaged in Russia's bombardment.

(EFREM LUKATSKY Associated Press)

This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine's capital left at least 21 people dead last month.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv city administration, confirmed Sunday's casualties via Telegram and said that 10 others were wounded in the attack, which targeted civilian areas across the city. A 12-year-old girl was among the dead. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from a blast near the city center.

"The Russians have restarted the child death counter," Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.

Russia fired a total of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine's air force said Sunday. Of those, air defenses shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles.