Russia has been engaging in its largest aerial attack on Ukraine since it invaded
Explosions echoed through the centre of Kyiv on Monday morning, hours after a heavy Russian missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital.
Witnesses reported residents headed for shelters in metro stations as the sky above Kyiv filled with blast clouds and smoke trails in the sixteenth attack on the city this month.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said there were explosions in the capital's central districts and that emergency services had been dispatched. He urged residents to stay in shelters.
The city’s military administration later said Ukrainian air defences shot down all missiles fired at Kyiv in the daytime attack on Monday and no targets were hit in the capital.
The attack came hours after Russia unleashed dozens of missiles and drones on targets across the country in the early hours of Monday in its biggest such attack since the war began in February last year.
All targets were shot down, the Ukrainian air defences claimed. No major damage or casualties have been recorded so far, officials said.
Elsewhere on war frontlines, Kyiv indicated that its forces were ready to launch a long-promised counteroffensive to recapture territory taken by Russia in its full-scale invasion.
