By Tom Balmforth and Marko Djurica KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as barbarism as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow. Up to four explosions shook central Kyiv in the early ours, in the first such attack on the city in weeks. Two more blasts were heard on the southern outskirts of the city later in the day, a Reuters reporter said. The Russians hit Kyiv again. Missiles damaged an apartment building and a kindergarten, said Andriy Yermak, head of the president s administration. A Reuters photographer saw a large blast crater by a playground in a private kindergarten that had smashed windows. Ukraine s police chief, Ihor Klymenko, said on national television that five people had been wounded, and police later said one person was killed. It s more of their barbarism, said Biden, referring to the missile
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Russia has shelled the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a day after a key eastern city fell to pro-Russian forces and as world leaders gather in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow.
Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as "barbarism" as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow.