Russian attacks on Kyiv leave two dead, 36 injured VIDEO / UPDATED

Two people have been killed and 36 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv, with falling debris also causing damage, according to local police.

Damage was reported in four districts of the Ukrainian capital. Petrol stations, a business centre, office and pharmaceutical buildings, a former market and premises near the railway station were affected, UNIAN reports.

Fires broke out at the sites and several cars were damaged.

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A fire has broken out at the Shaiba market near Kyiv’s railway station amid ongoing Russian strikes in the area.

Ukraine’s railways operator Ukrzaliznytsia confirmed the attack but said the Central Railway Station was not damaged, Caliber.Az reports, citing Ukrainian media.

A Velika Kishenya supermarket previously stood at the site.

Earlier media reports indicated that Russia was preparing large-scale strikes on railway stations in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

A strike was also recorded in central Kyiv, damaging a multi-storey building.

In Kyiv’s Solomianskyi District, a drone struck a nine-storey non-residential building on the fourth floor. A shop building in the same district was also hit.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov