The strikes broke the two-week gap in major strikes on Kyiv and came when there were preliminary signs of life before the invasion after Russian troops failed to capture the capital.
Anti-tank barriers, known as Czech hedgehogs, are still rising on the roads. Sandbags and concrete checkpoints remain, but the fighters who equip them have mostly moved on.
Billboards no longer broadcast safety instructions and warnings about Russian “infiltrators”, but instead show patriotic messages. Russia last hit the city center on March 22.
In addition to revenge for Moscow, recent attacks on Kyiv – against military production facilities – could be aimed at undermining Ukraine’s capabilities ahead of an expected full-scale Russian attack in the east.
After the sinking of the warship, the shelling also intensified in Kharkov, the second largest city in Ukraine.
Nine civilians were killed and 50 were injured on Friday, the Ukrainian government said.
A rocket fell near an open market in the city on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 18 people, according to rescue workers.
Valentina Ulyanova, a local woman living nearby, said: “All the windows, all the furniture, everything has been destroyed. And the door too.”
There were also Russian airstrikes in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, near the Polish border, which has long been considered safe.
The city is relatively unharmed so far and serves as a refuge for refugees and international aid agencies.
Russian Su-35 planes used in the strikes against Lviv took off from bases in Belarus.
Four incoming cruise missiles were shot down by air defenses, the Ukrainian army said.
Fighting continues in the devastated southern port city of Mariupol, which has been blocked by Russian forces since the first days of the invasion.
Its capture will allow Russian troops in the south, who have risen through the annexed Crimean peninsula, to connect with those in the eastern Donbass region.
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