Katy Watson
Reporting from Kyiv

The traffic along the Dniprovska embankment is heavy and slow-moving this morning – Kyiv residents have returned to their daily lives after a heavy night of attacks.

It’s sometimes easy to forget the immediacy of the war in the capital – far from the frontline, life carries on.

People go to work, eat out in Kyiv’s many restaurants and consume the news about security guarantees and potential peace talks.

But as the evening approaches, anxiety grows.

Sometimes – like last night – intelligence does the rounds on social media that heavy attacks are coming. Depending on what’s expected, people react to air raid sirens in different ways. Last night there were warnings of missiles – many residents made their way to shelters to keep safe.

The thunder of air defences trying to intercept drones and missiles – and then the occasional hit – wakes everyone up, even kilometres away. Last night was intense and after a few weeks of relative calm here, nobody is under any illusion that this war will end any time soon.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko says it has been an “awful night for Kyiv”.

In the capital, there are “many damaged buildings in the Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Desnianskyi districts,” he says, adding that these include both non-residential buildings, high-rise apartments, educational institutions, and transport infrastructure.

“In Darnytsky district,a five-storey building has been destroyed. Rescuers are looking for peopleunder the rubble. A shopping centre has been hit in the city centre.Residential buildings are damaged next to it,” he adds.

Earlier, Klitschko described the overnight attacks as “massive”.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

We’ve just had an update from Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, who says the death toll in Kyiv has risen to 12 – including three children aged two, 14 and 17.

These latest figures have also been reported by Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko.

Earlier, Tkachenko and Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office had said 10 people were killed in the strikes.

Russia’s overnight strikes mainly hit residential areas in the country’s capital Kyiv.

The latest pictures show rescue workers outside residential blocks, and people inspecting the damage to their homes in the aftermath of the strikes.

The number of people known to have been killed overnight in Kyiv has risen to 10, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office says.

This chimes with the latest figures released by Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, which we reported a little earlier.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least eight people, including a child, had been killed in these attacks.

• With a rescue operation under way, this figure could well change again – if that happens we’ll let you know.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Ukraine’s air force says last night’s aerial attack by Russia involved 598 drones, 11 ballistic and 20 cruise missiles, which targeted regions across Ukraine.

Of them, 563 drones, eight ballistic and 18 cruise missiles were intercepted.

It’s not yet clear how many of these hit Kyiv.

This is the largest attack on the Ukriainian capital since 31 July, when more than 30 people were killed.

The previous comparable Russian aerial attack was on 21 August, involving 574 drones and 40 missiles and mainly targeting Western Ukraine. It killed at least one person and injured more than 20.

Russian attacks on Kyiv struck several residential buildings in more than 20 districts of the capital.

As is usual in war, there are conflicting reports on the number of deaths – here’s what we’ve heard so far, and from who.

In a recent update the head of Kyiv’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, says the death toll has risen to 10, with 48 others injured. Earlier, he said a 14-year-old girl is among those killed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least eight people including a child have been killed in the strikes.

Ukraine’s emergency state services report the death toll stands at six, with 26 injured.

We’re continuing to monitor the situation in Kyiv, and will bring you the latest developments.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says eight people, including one child, were killed in overnight attacks on the country’s capital Kyiv.

Describing the strikes as a “massive attack against our cities and communities”, Zelensky says dozens have been wounded, with first responders working to rescue people trapped under the rubble.

The attacks are “a clear response to everyone in the world who, for weeks and months, has been calling for a ceasefire and for real diplomacy”, he goes on – adding in a statement:

“Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table. It chooses to continue killing instead of ending the war. And this means that Russia still does not fear the consequences.

“We expect a response from everyone in the world who has called for peace but now more often stays silent rather than taking principled positions. And it is definitely time for new, tough sanctions against Russia for everything it is doing.

“All deadlines have already been broken, dozens of opportunities for diplomacy ruined. Russia must feel accountable for every strike, for every day of this war.”

An intense night in Kyiv, with drones and missiles coming from various locationspublished at 07:19 British Summer Time

Katy Watson
Reporting from Kyiv

The sirens went off last night and then most people here were woken up around 03:00 local time by a very loud explosion. There was a combination of drones and missiles that came from various locations.

Most of the targets were residential buildings and authorities on the ground are still trying to pull people out of the rubble.

President Zelensky says this is a clear response to everyone who has been calling for a ceasefire and real diplomacy. He says Russia chooses ballistics over the negotiating table.

The last week or so had been pretty quiet.

I was talking to one Ukrainian overnight in the shelter, who said he had sent his family to Croatia and had been thinking of bringing them back to Kyiv because the situation might be better now.

He was very glad he hadn’t done that.

Asya Robins
Live reporter

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has come under heavy Russian bombardment overnight.

There are varying reports on the death toll, which we are working to confirm.

Russian strikes on the capital have killed at least eight people, including a child, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service says the death toll stands at six, while Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, says a 14-year-old girl is among the dead.

“Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table.It chooses to continue killing instead of ending the war,” Zelensky says in a statement, reiterating the need for “new, tough sanctions” on Moscow.

In Russia, the defence ministry says 102 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight.

We’ll bring you the latest developments as we get them, as well as analysis from our correspondents across the region – stay with us.