Russian Air Strikes on Ukrainian Capital Leave Dead and Wounded

Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital and its outskirts killed at least three people, the mayor of Kyiv said on Friday, as the air force issued missile warnings across the country.

The attack in Kyiv sparked a fire and damaged an apartment building, with "three dead and 13 wounded," according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, as reported by Al Arabiya from AFP (9/1).

He also said a medic was killed while responding to a drone attack on a residential building that was hit for a second time.

It is not yet clear whether the medical officer is included in the temporary number of victims.

Meanwhile, regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk urged residents to stay inside shelters until air raid sirens stopped.

Separately, the Ukrainian Air Force warned "all of Ukraine is under missile threat" after confirming Russian bombers were flying.

In the western city of Lviv, the armed forces said a ballistic missile hit an "infrastructure facility" just before midnight.

The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, said the Ukrainian military had the right to determine whether the Oreshnik missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, had been used.

After the attack, the regional military administration said radiation levels were within normal ranges.

The latest attack comes after the US Embassy in Kyiv warned on Thursday that "potentially significant air strikes" could take place at any time in the next few days.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeated the rare warning in his speech that night.

Moscow on Thursday called Kyiv and its allies a "war axis" and rejected the latest post-war proposals drawn up at a summit in Paris.

The plan includes a US-led monitoring mechanism and European multinational forces that will be deployed after the fighting stops.

However, calling the proposed security guarantees "militaristic," Moscow warned that any Western peacekeepers sent to Ukraine would be targets of Russian fire.