🔸Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital in the early hours of Saturday, 10 Mordad, with ballistic missiles—an attack that coincided with Volodymyr Zelensky’s efforts as president of Ukraine to persuade Washington to grant permission for the domestic production of Patriot air-defense missiles.

🔸Kyiv’s Emergency Services Organization announced that at least 9 people were killed in the Russian missile attack and dozens of others, including at least four children, were injured. Several people were also trapped inside a building part of which collapsed.

🔸Vitaliy Klichko, the mayor of Kyiv, wrote on Telegram: “Explosions in the city. Kyiv is under attack by ballistic missiles. Stay in shelters!”

🔸Local officials reported damage to residential buildings, a school, and the Lithuanian embassy. The damage occurred after, in the early hours of the night, more than ten explosions were heard in different parts of the city.