Several explosions hit Kyiv as missile alert sounds

Air defences activated as Ukrainian capital faces reported combined drone and missile attack

“New ballistic missiles are heading toward Kyiv,” the Ukrainian Air Force warned in a message posted on Telegram.

Journalists in the Ukrainian capital reported that Kyiv was facing a combined attack involving drones and missiles.

The city has endured increasingly frequent Russian airstrikes, both during the day and at night, for several weeks.

On Monday, a woman was killed and six others were injured after a Russian drone attack sparked a fire at the Kyiv Academy of Sciences, according to a preliminary report issued by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Last week, Zelensky once again urged Ukraine’s Western allies to increase military assistance, particularly by supplying additional US-made Patriot interceptors capable of targeting powerful ballistic missiles.