<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The death toll in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv from Russian air strikes targeting multiple regions of the country on Friday has risen to 28, local officials declared on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Unfortunately, the bodies of those killed as a result of the missile strikes are still being found. Rescuers retrieved another body from under the rubble," Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, announced in a statement on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>In an earlier statement, Popko said that the number of those killed had risen to 27 after four more bodies were recovered from under the rubble.</div><div><br></div><div>Indicating that search and rescue operations in the capital are still ongoing, Popko further said that 30 people were injured in the airstrikes.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) said that it found the bodies of eight people in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district during the past day.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 40 people were killed in various regions of Ukraine after a massive air attack by Russian forces on Friday, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as the "heaviest attack" so far by Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a day of mourning would be observed in the capital on Jan. 1. - Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>