A Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has killed at least one person and wounded seven others, city officials say.
Early Saturday morning, residential buildings in several neighborhoods were hit and loud explosions could be heard throughout the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said a 13-year-old child was among the injured and four people had been taken to hospital, the BBC reports.
Earlier this week, a similar attack in Kyiv killed seven people, Ukrainian officials said. The latest bombing came as Ukrainian negotiators were preparing for talks with American officials this weekend on a revised U.S. peace plan.
The head of Kyiv's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, confirmed that Saturday's attack hit "multiple targets on the outskirts of the capital."
"Enemy drones are over the city, with air defenses responding," he wrote on Telegram.
"Currently, there is a total of one dead and seven injured in Kyiv, including a child."
The body of a man was recovered by rescuers in the Sviatoshynskyi district in the west of the city, Tkachenko confirmed.
Two women were among the wounded in the town of Brovary east of Kyiv, while the regional governor said "rockets and drones" were targeting residential areas.
Klitschko said the attack had caused a fire on the lower floors of a high-rise apartment block west of the city centre, while another fire was brought under control in a central neighbourhood.
Earlier this week, Russia and Ukraine exchanged deadly overnight attacks that set buildings on fire and killed seven people in Kyiv, while Russia's Rostov region reported three deaths.
