Explosions rock Kyiv, other cities in Russian Monday morning massive attack.

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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia launched an aerial missile attack against Ukraine on the morning of July 8, the second such strike in the past few hours. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk, with at least three people killed and nine injured.

Telegram monitoring channels reported that the missiles entered the Ukrainian airspace at around 10 a.m., heading in multiple directions. A takeoff of the MiG-31K aircraft, capable of carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles, was also detected. More than 10 explosions could be heard in Kyiv, according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground.

Air defense was active in the capital's suburbs, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The mayor said that medical assistance was summoned to the Solomianskyi municipal district. At least five people have been killed and 11 injured in the city, the Kyiv administration said.

As a result of the attack, missile debris fell in the Solomianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Holosiivskyi, Desnianskyi, Darnytskyi, and Schevchenkyvskyi districts, the city administration said. Residential buildings were reportedly damaged across the city, with fires breaking out in the Desnianskyi and Dniprovskyi districts. A children's medical institution was hit in the city, the mayor said.

According to Suspilne, the facility in question is the Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical center. Particularly heavy blasts were reported by the Kyiv Independent in the center of the city, near the area of the Taras Shevchenko Park. Explosions were also heard in the Podil and Nyvky neighborhoods.

Smoke could be seen in multiple locations in the city. A Kyiv Independent reporter reported two major explosions in Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast. Telegram channels also reported explosions in Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast and Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

In another attack earlier the same day, the Air Force reported downing three out of the four cruise missiles over Zhytomyr and Cherkasy oblasts. No casualties or damage were reported. The strikes took place on the eve of the NATO summit in Washington, where Ukraine hopes to receive long-term aid commitments from the allies.

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