Sharjah24 - AFP: After a New Year's weekend highlighted by dozens of Russian strikes that killed at least four people, a new aerial attack struck Kyiv in the early hours of Monday.
The Ukrainian capital and other cities came under fire from missiles and Iranian-made drones on Saturday, killing three people, and a new attack Sunday killed one in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia.
Kyiv was once again rocked by an air raid on Monday morning, with the city's military administration ordering residents just after 1:00 am (2300 GMT) to retreat to "stay in shelters".
"The air defence (system) is working... Fragments of balconies and windows in a high-rise building were damaged in Desnyanskyi district," Serhiy Popko, head of the city's administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Oleksii Kuleba, head of the Kyiv region military administration, said there were "waves" of attacks by Iranian-made Shahed drones.
"They are targeting critical infrastructure facilities," he said.
Nearly three hours later, the capital and its surrounding region lifted the air alert. The city's military administration said 20 air targets had been shot down.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an explosion in Kyiv's northeastern Desnyanskyi district and said emergency services were dispatched.
"An injured 19-year-old man was hospitalised in the Desnyanskyi district of the capital," he said. Authorities later said he was cut by the falling debris.
Russia's New Year assaults -- which targeted downtown areas of large cities -- show a change in tactics, said an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Russia no longer has any military goals and is trying to kill as many civilians as possible and destroy more civilian facilities," Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted.
"A war to kill."
The attacks came as President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month.
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