The death toll from Russia’s heavy bombardment of Ukraine’s capital this week has risen to 31 people, marking the deadliest single attack on Kyiv in a year, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are under pressure in the eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russia pushes to break through Ukraine's defenses there

The residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district was a “direct hit,” Tymur Tkachenko said in a message on Telegram.