Kyiv under new massive Russian drone attack, Vitaliy Klitschko says

Russia has launched a caller monolithic overnight drone onslaught connected Ukraine's superior Kyiv, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 person, section officials person said.

Kyiv's politician Vitaliy Klitschko said a antheral died erstwhile drone wreckage fell adjacent a petrol station. A pistillate was injured.

He said aerial defences had changeable down much than 20 drones heading towards Kyiv - but a "new drone wave" was approaching.

Russia has precocious stepped up its attacks connected Kyiv, seeking to overwhelm the capital's defences.

Earlier connected Sunday, aerial raid alerts were activated successful 12 regions of Ukraine, from Volyn successful the north-west to Dnipropetrovsk successful the south-east.

In a station connected societal media, Mr Klitschko urged Kyiv residents to "stay successful shelters", informing that the nighttime would beryllium "difficult".

He said astatine slightest 2 high-rising buildings successful antithetic districts of the superior were connected occurrence aft being deed by falling drone fragments.

Emergency workers person been deployed.

In its caller attacks, Russia has been utilizing alleged kamikaze drones arsenic good a scope of cruise and ballistic missiles.

The attacks travel up of a wide expected Ukrainian counter-offensive.

On Saturday, 1 of Ukraine's astir elder information officials has told the BBC the state was acceptable to for specified an operation.

Oleksiy Danilov, caput of the almighty National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, said an battle to retake territory from President Vladimir Putin's occupying forces could statesman "tomorrow, the time aft time oregon successful a week".

Ukraine has been readying a counter-offensive for months. But it has wanted arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable to bid troops and to person subject instrumentality from Western allies.