The attack on Friday, which killed at least four people nationwide, came two days after Russia vowed retaliation for an audacious drone assault on its strategic bomber bases.

Explosive new footage shows Russia’s largest attack on Ukraine, launching 400 drones and 40 missiles in a massive overnight airstrike.

Russia launched a massive drone and missile barrage across Ukraine in a major retaliatory strike, days after Kyiv damaged key Russian bombers.

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least four people and injured 20 others, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. It was part of a wider overnight assault that became the latest in a series of large-scale attacks targeting regions across Ukraine.

Russia launched a "massive" drone and missile strike on Ukraine's capital and other areas early on Friday, days after Ukraine's surprise attack on its air bases. Five people were killed and 80 injured, Ukrainian officials said, with cruise missiles and hundreds of drones launched.

Russia unleashed one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine, killing three and injuring 49 nationwide, as the conflict intensifies.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out a massive and successful strike on military and military-related targets in Ukraine overnight in response to what it called Ukrainian "terrorist acts" against Russia.

Russia says the 'massive attack' on Kyiv was in retaliation to Ukrainian strikes. It comes after the Kremlin launched a wave of drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital late on Thursday night, forcing residents to flee underground to shelter. Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the assault was comprised of more than 400 drones and 40 missiles.