Kyiv is suffering more daily air raid alerts than at any time since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, according to BBC Verify analysis of government figures. Most air attacks used to come at night but Russia's new tactic of striking Ukraine's capital during the day is causing huge disruption to schools and businesses.

Russia resumed strikes on the Ukrainian capital early Tuesday (September 8), shortly after the departure of U.S. peace negotiators, attacking Kyiv with ballistic missiles, killing and injuring multiple people,