Russia launches deadly attacks on Kyiv despite holding peace talks with US

Firefighters put out the fire after a drone hit a multi-storey residential building in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least six people in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure.

Water, electricity and heating were knocked out in parts of the capital, Kyiv. Video footage posted to Telegram showed a large fire spreading in a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv’s eastern district of Dniprovskyi.