Mohamed Mahdi

Prosecutors said the attacker, a 58-year-old Russian from Moscow, opened fire in the streets of Holosivsky, a southern suburb of Kyiv.

Footage on social media shows a man running in the streets.

shooting at people seemingly at random with a long rifle.

Authorities say he then entered a nearby supermarket where he took hostages and continued to shoot.

Police opened fire shortly afterwards, killing the man.

Kyiv's mayor Vitaly Klitschko said there'd also been a separate fire in the suspect's apartment.

Ukraine's capital is no stranger to violence, but this type of shooting attack is rare and has shocked many here.