Russia fired waves of explosive drones at the Ukrainian capital throughout Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin hosted US negotiators in Moscow.
The attacks killed one woman and wounded several more, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on social media.
An AFP reporter saw a residential building in flames, as rescue workers pulled the body from the rubble.
A second round of explosions rang out over the capital a few hours later, and officials said a major road was hit.
Since the summer, Russia has been pounding Kyiv round-the-clock with fast-moving jet-powered drones that Ukraine struggles to intercept.
The fighting in the almost five-year-long war continued unabated as negotiators from the United States, Russia and Ukraine gathered in Abu Dhabi earlier this week for talks on finding a way to end the conflict.
It was the first round of diplomacy since February.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were in the Kremlin on Thursday for a follow-up meeting with Putin after saying they sensed an opportunity to make progress on an elusive peace deal.
They will later travel to Dublin to brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is attending a European summit in the Irish capital.
