during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian offensive attempted to surround and besiege the city, and multiple teams of Russian soldiers and mercenaries entered the city to assassinate president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in what was widely reported to be an attempt at regime change. Kyiv city suffered missile strikes, with the city's inner metro stations being used as air raid shelters. One of the air strikes partly damaged Kyiv TV Tower and Babi Yar memorial. The Russian assault in Kyiv Oblast was defeated. After Russian forces' withdrawal, evidence was discovered of systematic war crimes, especially in the satellite city of Bucha. On 10 October, a mass missile strike hit the city, killing 8. See also Timeline of Kyiv References Further reading Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian. Kyiv, Ukraine: the city of domes and demons from the collapse of socialism to the mass uprising of 2013–2014 (Amsterdam UP, 2016) online. Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian. "Whose city? Kyiv and its river after socialism." Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 98.4 (2016): 367–379. Estraikh, Gennady. "From Yehupets Jargonists to Kyiv modernists: The rise of a Yiddish literary Centre, 1880s‐1914." East European Jewish Affairs 30.1 (2000): 17–38. online review Luckyj, George Stephen Nestor. Young Ukraine: The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Kiev, 1845–1847 (University of Ottawa Press, 1991). Meir, Natan M. Kiev: Jewish Metropolis, a History, 1859–1914 (Indiana UP, 2010) 403pp Examines political, religious, demographic, cultural, and other aspects of Kyiv's Jews, from the official readmission of Jews to the city to the beginning of World War I. Meir, Natan M. "Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians in Kiev: Intergroup relations in late imperial associational life." Slavic Review (2006): 475–501. online Pavlychko, Solomea. Letters from Kiev (1992). Surh, Gerald. "The Role of Civil and Military Commanders During the 1905 Pogroms in Odessa and Kiev." Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society 15.3 (2009): 39–55 online. Other languages History of Kyiv (История Киева), three volumes. Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1982–1986. F.Berlynskyi. History of Kyiv (Історія міста Києва). Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1991. History of Kyiv (Історія міста Києва). Kyiv: Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR, 1960. External links Ancient Kyiv: rapid development and dramatic decay - BEST KYIV GUIDE Gorod Kiev – Kiev historical website Kiev History Site – All Kiev history History of Kyiv – KievGid.Net portal Kyiv