Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported. Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported hearing what they described as a massive series of missile strikes on Ukraine's capital.

Kyiv is on high alert as the US Embassy warns of a potential Russian air attack. Citizens are urged to prepare for immediate shelter amid escalating tensions and recent deadly incidents.

Hundreds of Ukrainians have marched through Kyiv to demand that the government veto a bill they say could prematurely declare missing soldiers dead

KYIV, Ukraine — A "mass ballistic missile attack" pounded Kyiv early Sunday, military authorities said, with AFP journalists hearing heavy explosions, after Russia threatened retaliation for Ukrainian strikes in the east.

The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a Kyiv apartment building rose to 24, officials said Friday. The cruise missile hit the nine-story corner apartment block Thursday during what the Ukrainian air force said was Russia’s biggest barrage on the country of the full-scale invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered retaliation to a deadly Ukrainian attack on what he said was a college dormitory in an occupied town which authorities say killed at least 12.