Russia is fiercely shelling Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities across the country in the most intense blasts to hit the Ukrainian capital since the early days of the war.
Preliminary reports suggest that at least ten people died and 60 were injured in the strike in Kyiv as of 8.45 am local time, as children on their way to school were sent running for shelter.
Further, potentially coordinated, explosions have also been heard across Ukraine from Lviv in the west to Dnipro in the east.
