War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv

Firefighters work at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Workers extract the remnants of a Russian missile at a site in an industrial area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Firefighters work at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine September 21, 2023.

Loud explosions were seen in the sky over Kyiv as dawn was breaking. Ukrainian national grid operator Ukrenergo said that the Russian missile strikes damaged energy infrastructure in central and western Ukraine, causing five regions to be without electricity.

Emergency personnel examine debris at the still-smoking site in Kyiv.

Residents in Kyiv survey the damage following the early morning missile attack.

Firefighters work at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Firefighters work at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Rescuers put out fires in Darnytskyi district of the city on 21 September 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia launched more than 20 missiles on the capital of Ukraine, which Ukrainian Air Defence Forces say were shot down.

A firefighter works at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Ukrainian rescue service members work at the site of a missile strike on a residential area in Kyiv. The city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported that seven people were injured, including a 9-year-old girl.

Residents stand near the site of a missile attack in Kyiv as fires burn in the background. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed it had intercepted 36 of 43 cruise missiles launched deep into Ukraine.

Rescue workers were on the scene battling the blazes in the nation's capital.

Kyiv resident Dmytro checks his phone after surveying the damage inside his flat. "Damage was recorded in the Darnytskiy, Solomyanskiy, and Shevchenkivskiy districts in Kyiv as a result of falling missile pieces," said Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine's minister of internal affairs.

A worker inspects a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 21, 2023.