The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky stated today that Russia used North Korean missile for the last night’s strike in Kyivwhich killed two people, a father and his son.

Late last night, Russia launched an air strike in Kiev, where air defense systems were activated to repel it, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko announced.

A 35-year-old father and his four-year-old son were killed in the attack, while three other people were injured.

A thirteen-year-old girl was among the injured, according to a post by Ukrainian emergency services on Telegram.

AFP and Reuters journalists heard at least two explosions and anti-aircraft fire.

Earlier, the air force had announced that at least two ballistic missiles were headed for the city.

Russia hit back in efforts to repel Ukraine’s biggest offensive on Russian soil since the start of the war, sending reinforcements, tightening border security and airstrikes.

Zelensky he first identified on Saturday that Ukrainian forces are fighting in the area Kursk of Russia and said the operation was part of Kiev’s effort to restore justice after the Russian invasion in 2022.

Kiev is seeking to “shift the war” inside Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this evening, amid an incursion by Ukrainian troops into Russia’s Kursk region that began on Tuesday and has so far not been directly commented on by Kiev.

“Today, on several occasions, General Sirski (retired chief of general staff of the armed forces) gave a report from the front, about our actions and the shift of the war to the territory of the aggressor (…). “Ukraine is proving that it can deliver justice and apply the necessary pressure: pressure on the aggressor,” Zelensky said in his daily evening televised message.

Zelensky had previously referred to the operation, praising the military’s ability to “surprise” and thanking them for capturing Russian soldiers for use in future negotiations