Ukrainian military bloggers said the airstrike warning may have been triggered by a Russian warplane armed with hypersonic Kinjal missiles.
Reuters could not independently verify this.
Earlier, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the Russian military had carried out the biggest attack since the start of the war against the Ukrainian capital, using drones.
The Ukrainian army confirmed that 3 people were killed and a number of civilians injured, and that buildings and infrastructure were damaged, during airstrikes and missile attacks launched by Russian forces on military sites and residential areas.
The Ukrainian military spoke of the downing of 35 drones launched by Russian forces at night at various targets across the country, which it said were “Iranian-made Shaheds”.
Earlier Monday, Ukrainian officials said Russia had launched a wave of airstrikes with planes, drones and missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its morning update on the war that up to 16 missile strikes targeted the cities of Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odessa, in addition to the exposure of other Ukrainian sites about 61 airstrikes and 52 missile shells.
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