Russia's new drone strikes hit Kyiv, maternity ward in Odesa, Ukraine says

10/6/2025 11:54

Russia launched another prolonged drone attack on Ukraine, killing one person and damaging swathes of Kyiv as well as striking a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials said early on Tuesday.



The overnight strikes followed Russia's biggest drone assault on Ukraine on Monday - part of stepped-up operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent brazen attacks in Russia.



City officials said, at least four people were hospitalised as a result of the hours-long attacks that hit seven of the city's 10 districts.



Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, said in a Telegram post after the attacks, "You can't break Ukrainians with terror."



According to military data, air raid alerts in Kyiv and most Ukrainian regions lasted five hours until around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT).