A survivor of a Kyiv attack recalls people ‘running and screaming.’

A missile slammed into an apartment block on the north side of Kyiv just after dawn on Monday. Many residents were fast asleep.

They had become accustomed to the sounds of shelling after more than two weeks of Russian bombardment, but they never thought their building would be hit.

“We do not have a military target near us,” said Yuriy Yurchik, 30. “We did not think we ourselves would be a target.”

Missile strikes have intensified in recent days as Russia’s military offensive presses closer to the heart of the government.

“I looked out and saw the left part of the building was burning,” Mr. Yurchik said. “On the ground people were running and screaming.”

Two people were killed and nine wounded in the strike, which occurred in Obolon district in the northern part of Kyiv. The Ukrainian authorities evacuated 70 people from the building to a nearby kindergarten.