
Firefigters try to extinguish the fire that broke out when Russian forces shelled a shopping mall in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv on March 21. Photo: State Emergency Services of Ukraine/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Russian forces shelled the northwestern Kyiv district of Podilskyi late Sunday, striking a shopping center and houses and killing at least eight people, Ukrainian officials said.
The big picture: Russian naval forces were launching missile strikes on "targets across Ukraine" from blockaded coastal areas, per a U.K. Defense Ministry update as the invasion entered a 26th day. The besieged port city of Mariupol was hit by particularly intense attacks from land, sea and air.




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Editor's note: This article has been updated the death toll in Kyiv.