Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after series of nighttime barrages

Ukrainian Police officers inspecting a fragment of the rocket after a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles took aim at the Ukrainian capital – hours after a more common nighttime barrage of the city by drones and cruise missiles.

Russian forces fired 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv at about 11.30am (8.30am Irish time), according to Ukraine’s chief of staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi.