Kyiv comes under massive Russian attacks: authorities

KYIV - Russia launched another massive overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine early Tuesday, with Kyiv as the epicenter, Ukrainian authorities said.

"Today was one of the largest attacks on Kyiv. Odesa, the Dnipro region, and the Chernihiv region were also targeted," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post.

The Kyiv City Military Administration said that eight out of the capital's ten districts were affected.

At least six people were injured in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

In the southern city of Odesa, two people were killed and nine others wounded, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 277 out of 315 drones launched by Russia, as well as all five Iskander-K cruise missiles and both KN-23 ballistic missiles.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the overnight attack, TASS news agency reported.