Kyiv comes under fire from more Russian missiles just hours after warning from NATO chief

Missiles have hit Kyiv, the city’s mayor has said, as emergency services attend the scene.

The blasts come hours after the head of NATO has warned Western allies to ‘ramp up’ arms production in the coming months to continue supporting Ukraine, as Russia  continues its bomb attacks.

The explosion is said to have taken place in Kyiv’s Desnianskiy district, in the early hours of Monday morning.

Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app:  ‘An explosion in the Desnianskiy district of Kyiv. All services are on site. Details later.’

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Ukrainian presidential aide, said drone debris hit a road in the district, in Kyiv’s northeast, damaging a building next to it.

‘Information about (potential) casualties is being clarified,’ Tymoshenko said on Telegram.

NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said the war between Ukraine and Russia is using an ‘enormous amount’ of munitions, with signs suggesting President Vladimir Putin is digging in for the ‘long haul’.

Mr Stolenberg said the NATO allies need to help supply the government in Kyiv with the armaments they need but also need to maintain their own stockpiles of weapons.

He told BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend: ‘For the artillery, we need an enormous amount of ammunition, we need spare parts, we need maintenance.

‘This is a huge undertaking. We need to ramp up production, and that is exactly what the Nato allies are doing.

‘It is a core responsibility for Nato to ensure that we have the stocks, the supplies, the weapons in place to ensure our own deterrence and defence, but also to be able to continue to provide support to Ukraine for the long haul.’

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