Ukraine shoots down more than 10 drones over Kyiv, military official says

Ukraine shot down more than 10 drones over Kyiv, according to Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, in a Telegram post early Wednesday.

Initial information indicates that Russian forces used Shahed barrage munitions in the barrage of attacks, Popko said.

"Drone groups approached Kyiv simultaneously from several directions. However, the air defense forces detected and destroyed all aerial targets - over 10 UAVs - in a timely manner," Popko said.

He said debris from the drones has fallen in the districts of Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi in Kyiv and that some non-residential buildings and road surfaces were damaged, but no serious damage or fires.

He said there is no information on casualties so far.

Early Wednesday, the head of Odesa regional military administration, Oleh Kiper also warned of possible drone attacks on the Odesa region.  

Kiper asked people in the Odesa to take shelter while its air defenses were at work, according to a Telegram post.

Some context: Both Ukraine and Russia reported cross-border attacks Tuesday. Moscow said Kyiv again attempted a drone strike in Moscow, targeting the exact same building that was hit on Sunday. Kyiv accused Russia of shelling a medical facility in the southern port city of Kherson, killing a doctor and wounding a nurse.