India, June 23 -- At least seven people died, and several others were injured, during an overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in Ukrainian city of Kyiv, media reports said on Monday.

At least six of those who died were in a high-rise building in the capital, Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko told BBC, adding that 22 others were injured in the city.

Kyiv Independent reported that explosions were heard and kamikaze drones were seen flying overhead from around 1 a.m.

The newspaper report said the largest damage was reported from Shevchenkivskyi district where a fivve-storey building partially collapsed.

The UN Security Council met on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, where intensified fighting continues, affecting new areas...