India, Aug. 1 -- At least 11 civilians were killed and over 130 injured in Russian strikes overnight in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, reported on Thursday.

Among the confirmed dead is a six-year-old boy. At least 10 of the injured were children, the mission said, and news reports indicate that figure is rising.

Russia reportedly launched 309 drones and eight cruise missiles during the night, and despite air defences managing to destroy many of them, the damage across the capital was severe.

At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack, with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, where UN rescue efforts are ongoing.

In the Sviatoshyn...