Russia has fired a barrage of missiles at Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, hours before thousands of children returned to school for the first day of the academic year.
The city mayor says a water treatment plant and the entrance of a metro station used as a shelter were hit.
Two schools and a university were also damaged.
According to Ukraine's military, 22 cruise and air ballistic missiles were destroyed by the air force.
Local authorities say three people were injured by debris from destroyed missiles.
For school children across the capital, Monday's bombardment coincided with the first day of the school year.
Teachers and parents tried to keep a sense of normality, with music playing while smiling students were welcomed by a sea of flowers following the bombardment.
All of Ukraine was placed on alert for several hours, and neighbouring NATO state Poland said it had deployed its own as well as allied aircraft to secure its airspace during the Russian strikes.
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