Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.

Ukrainian officials said on Thursday that at least two people were killed and 25 others injured in a Russian airstrike on the capital Kyiv. “Sadly, two people were reported killed in Kyiv — my condolences to their families and loved ones,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on X.