Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed more than 20 drones in airstrikes carried out by Russia on Kiev in the early hours of the morning, Ukrainian military officials said.

Today, in the early hours of the morning, Russia launched a new wave of attacks on Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring four others.

Calling it a "massive" attack carried out in several waves, the head of Kyiv's military administration, Sergey Popko, said on Telegram that Russia carried out the attack using only Iranian-made Shahed drones.

It was the third attack on the capital of Ukraine in the last 24 hours. It is not known how many drones Russia has launched in total.

Today's strikes were the 17th Russian airstrike on Kiev this month and came after the city was attacked twice yesterday, including an unusual attack during the day