Heavy Russian drone and rocket attacks on Kyiv and Odessa

Hours -long Russian attacks with drones and ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv caused fires at various places in the night from Monday to Tuesday and damage caused to residential buildings, report international press agencies. According to The Kyiv Independent were everywhere in the city explosions The attacks are still to hear and last.

Little is known about possible victims, but so far there has been mention of three injured people. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, several cars are on fire in the Shevchenkivskyi district and there were debris from a drone on a school grounds in the Obolonskyi district.

At Russian air strikes on the southern port city of Odessa, a dead night fell in the night from Monday to Tuesday and at least four people were injured. According to Governor Oleh Kiper van Odessa, an office building of a medical emergency center was completely destroyed in the attacks and a maternity clinic was also damaged.

A day before, Russia had already fired a record number of 499 air weapons on Ukraine, of which Ukraine says it has neutralized 479.

The air strikes of the past week seem to be a retribution for the successful Ukrainian attacks on Russian Air Force bases.