The strike came just a day after one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv in recent months, where a barrage of missiles and drones killed at least 12 people and injured nearly 90 others.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would cut short his official trip to South Africa and return home as the city reeled. The bombardment appeared to be Russia’s biggest attack on Kyiv in nine months, and Zelensky called it one of Russia’s ”most outrageous.”