(Reuters) – Russian airstrikes on Ukraine kept the eastern half of the country under air alert for more than five hours, the Ukrainian military said early on Sunday, with Moscow launching several waves of strikes against Kiev and other cities.
“The enemy used their drones again overnight against Kiev!” Serhiy Popko, head of Kiev’s military government, said in the messaging app Telegram. “Russian drones entered the capital of Ukraine in several waves and from different directions.”
All air weapons were destroyed on their approach and, according to preliminary information, there were no reports of damage or injuries, Popko said. Details on the scale of the attack will follow later in the day, he said.
Air raid warnings were issued for the capital and the region three times during the night, totaling more than five hours, Popko said.
Hennadii Trukhanov, mayor of the Black Sea port of Odessa, said on Telegram that Russia targeted the southern city overnight, with several explosions reported.
There was no information about damage or injury there.
Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of the southern Kherson region, said early on Sunday in Telegram that one civilian was killed and 15 were injured in Russian attacks on the region in the past 24 hours.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Russia has not commented.
Both sides deny attacking civilians in the war, which Russia launched in February 2022 with a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor. But thousands of civilians have been killed, the vast majority of whom were Ukrainians.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Sandra Maler and William Mallard)