At least 11 people were killed in a series of Russian attacks on Ukraine yesterday, and Kyiv called for more aid after securing promises from the United States and Germany to deliver advanced battle tanks.

The state emergency service also said 11 people were injured in the bombings, which the Ukrainian military said included more than 50 missiles and nearly two dozen kamikaze drones, DPA reported.

Of them, 85 percent were intercepted, Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhnyi told Telegram.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said several infrastructure sites were affected, leading to power outages in Odesa, Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions.

Among the victims is a 55-year-old man killed in Kyiv, said Mayor Vitaly Klitschko. Two more were injured in the capital.

It is reported that more than 15 Russian missiles were intercepted in the Kyiv region alone.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky then repeated the call for additional weapons, beyond the battle tanks to be provided by his allies.

- Russian aggression can be stopped only with appropriate weapons. The terrorist state will understand nothing else, he said in a video address last night, pointing to the attacks that took place just hours earlier.

- Every Russian missile against our cities, every Iranian drone used by terrorists is an argument why we need more weapons, he said.

The latest wave of attacks came a day after two of Kyiv's main arms suppliers - the United States and Germany - said they would send heavy tanks to help Ukrainian forces retake areas seized from Russia at the start of the 11-month invasion.

Other countries have also pledged tanks, from Canada to Spain. Canada announced yesterday that it will export four German-made Leopard tanks to the war-torn country.

According to the Kremlin, the West is increasingly becoming a party to the war.

- Everything that the Alliance and the capitals of Europe and the USA do in Moscow is perceived as direct participation in the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday.

Moscow has repeatedly accused the United States and the European Union of waging a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. However, Russia will not declare war on them, Peskov said.

Russia continues to call the invasion of Ukraine a "special military operation" and its status will not change, he said.

Later, Warsaw said NATO needed to be bolder and if the Western defense alliance decided to send fighter jets to Ukraine, Poland would support it.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told French TV LCI that supporters of Ukraine should not be afraid of sending missile and air defense batteries that will be deployed throughout its territory, not only in the west, in Kyiv and on the front.

Morawiecki did not suggest sending planes, saying it should be a NATO decision, but his country would support such a move.