European leaders to visit Ukrainian capital as Russian barrage continues

An elderly resident waits to be rescued by firefighters after an apartment building was hit by shelling in Kyiv (AP)

Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine has edged closer to central Kyiv as a series of strikes hit a residential area.

The barrage continued as the leaders of three European Union countries planned a bold visit to Ukraine’s capital, with the number of people driven out of the country by war passing three million.