Missile attack kills one

A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's capital in Kyiv has killed at least one person and injured at least 12 others, officials said.

Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons.

At least three loud blasts were heard in Kyiv shortly before sunrise yesterday.

Ukraine's air force said it intercepted five Iskander short-range ballistic missiles fired at the city.

The attack knocked out heating to 630 residential buildings, 16 medical facilities, and 30 schools and kindergartens, the city administration said, and falling missile debris caused damage and sparked fires in three districts.

During the almost three years since the war began Russia has regularly bombarded civilian areas of Ukraine, often in an attempt to cripple the power grid and unnerve Ukrainians.