KYIV - Initial reports showed that two people were injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv early Tuesday, local media reported, citing Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Klitschko urged residents to remain in shelters while air defence systems were responding to the attack. According to local media reports, multiple explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital.

The mayor also said that a 24-story building in Kyiv caught fire after what is believed to be a missile strike.