Russia attack on Kyiv 'exceptional in its density' - officials

Russia's overnight air attack on Kyiv - its eighth in May - was complex, with drones, cruise and likely ballistic missiles launched from different directions, Kyiv's officials said early on Tuesday.

"It was exceptional in its density - the maximum number of attack missiles in the shortest period of time," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's city military administration, said in comments posted on the Telegram messaging app.

"According to preliminary information, the vast majority of enemy targets in the airspace of Kyiv were detected and destroyed!"