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Ukraine’s main government building in Kyiv has been hit for the first time in the war during Russian attacks, the Ukrainian prime minister says.<\/p>\n
Yulia Svyrydenko said the building’s roof and upper floors were damaged “due to an enemy attack” and firefighters were extinguishing the blaze.<\/p>\n
At least three people were killed in strikes. <\/p>\n
In Kyiv, a baby and a young woman died after a nine-storey residential building was hit in the Svyatoshynsky district, with rescuers looking for a third body, authorities said. A woman was also killed in Novopavlivka village, officials said.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s air force reported a record number of drones and missiles were launched by Russia in the attack – more than 800.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to the air force, nine missiles and 56 drones hit 37 locations, and the downed wreckage fell at eight locations.<\/p>\n
The Kyiv government building that was hit, also known as the cabinet of ministers building, houses the offices of Ukraine’s main ministers.<\/p>\n
Early on Sunday morning, the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford and team saw a large column of smoke rising into the sky from just behind the Maidan, Independence Square.<\/p>\n
They then heard and saw two Russian cruise missiles moving at very high speed, before another explosion.<\/p>\n
“The Russians are deliberately hitting civilian facilities,” Kyiv’s military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said, urging residents to remain in shelters. <\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards, Kyiv’s mayor Vitaly Klitschko said a government building was on fire in the central Pecherskyi district. He said a downed Russian drone likely caused the blaze.<\/p>\n
“Firefighters are working on the scene,” the mayor added.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Ukraine, 17 people were injured in a strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia, when multiple buildings including a nursery and people’s homes were hit, regional administration head Ivan Fedorov said. <\/p>\n
Outside the city, a woman was killed and a man is still missing after a Russian glide bomb hit the Novopavlivka village, Fedorov said.<\/p>\n
Russia also attacked Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown in central Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were hit. Air raid warnings were activated overnight for all of the country’s regions.<\/p>\n
Kyiv officials said several multi-storey residential buildings in the western Svyatoshynkyi and south-eastern Darnytskyi districts were partially destroyed and continued to be ablaze after direct hits.<\/p>\n
Russia has not commented on the reported drone strikes across Ukraine.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Russian defence ministry said its air defence forces shot down or intercepted 69 Ukrainian drones in a number of Russian regions.<\/p>\n
Svyrydenko called for tougher sanctions on Russia and stepped-up weapons deliveries.<\/p>\n