Ukraine's capital Kyiv rocked by blasts 2nd time in a week, Kamikaze drones used

Russia-Ukraine War: The Shevchenkivskiy district was hit by several explosions a week earlier, on October 10.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week as several residential buildings were damaged in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, mayor Vitalii Klitshchko said.

Russia-Ukraine War: A man falls on the ground following a drone attack in Kyiv. (AFP)

"Rescuers are on the site," the mayor said adding that as a result of what he claimed was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in a non-residential building.

Here are 10 points on Monday blasts in Ukraine's capital Kyiv:

1. Shevchenkivskiy district is a busy hub in Kyiv with universities, student bars and restaurants.

2. The district was also hit by several explosions on Monday last week in retaliatory strikes by Russia following blast on a bridge linking Russia to Crimea.

3. Head of Ukraine's president's staff Andriy Yermak said that the attacks were carried out with so-called suicide drones.

4. There was no immediate information on casualties, Reuters reported.

5. Russia has often denied targeting civilians in what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

6. Social media posts showed a fire in the area of the apparent strike, with black smoke rising.

7. The strike on Kyiv comes as fighting has intensified in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

8. Ukraine has also continued its counteroffensive in the south near Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

9. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that there was heavy fighting around the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar in the Donetsk region.

10. Russia said on Sunday that it was continuing air strikes on military and energy targets in Ukraine.