Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago, 222 people including 56 civilians, including four children, have been killed in Kyiv, the capital, the town hall said on Friday.
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A total of 889 people, including 241 civilians, have also been injured in this city since the start of the war on February 24, the town hall said on Telegram.
Among the injured are 18 children, three ambulance drivers and an emergency doctor, according to the town hall, which also reported 36 residential buildings and ten schools damaged.
Russian troops have taken control of some areas around Kyiv which they hope to encircle, but their advance has currently stalled, according to the Ukrainian military.
Kyiv accuses Russian forces of carrying out almost daily strikes against residential areas of the capital, most often at dawn, a tactic denounced by the Ukrainian authorities as aimed at terrorizing the population and demoralizing the defenders of the city.
In the past four days, isolated strikes on apartment buildings have killed at least seven people in total, including one on Friday, according to local authorities.
Kyiv had nearly 3.5 million inhabitants before the war, but almost half have left the city since the start of the invasion, according to estimates by Ukrainian authorities.