Explosions in Kiev as Russian missile attacks target Ukraine's capital

Air defense systems intercepted the missiles, causing debris to hit an apartment block in the Obolonskyi district.

Explosions were heard in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, on Sunday evening amid Russian missile attacks, a local official and media outlets reported.

The air defense was operating near the capital and the debris from the destroyed missile hit an apartment block in Kiev's northern Obolonskyi district, said the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko on social media.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, said Klitschko.

Air raid alert was declared in Kiev and five regions in northern, central and northeastern Ukraine during the attacks, according to media reports.