According to preliminary information from Ukrainian military, there were no immediate reports of casualties or major destruction.
The enemy launched another air attack on the capital," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
Reuters witnesses in Kyiv heard blasts resembling the sound of air defence systems intercepting aerial objects.
It was not immediately known how many of the Iranian Shahed drones Russia launched and how many were intercepted.
A night earlier, Russia launched 28 drones on Kyiv and the southern port of Odesa, with Ukraine's air defence shooting down 26 of the Shahed drones.
Persons:
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