Timur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration, said the incident occurred in the Holosiivskyi district, just outside the city centre. Tkachenko earlier said there were 10 drones above the city and more coming.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 307 more prisoners Saturday as part of a massive swap of detainees – in a rare moment of cooperation between the two nations that came just hours after heavy air

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin visited the region bordering Ukraine the previous day, according to the Kremlin.

Three people died and at least 15 people were injured in Russian-launched mass air attack on Ukrainian cities overnight. The deadly strike hit Odesa late on May 23, followed by hundreds of drones and missiles launched at Kyiv in the early hours of May 24.

Moscow’s battlefield edge is waning, experts say. But President Donald Trump seems disinclined to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.

CNN has obtained Russian radio transmissions that Ukrainian officials say provide further evidence that Russian superiors are ordering soldiers to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war in violation of international law.

The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion had been described by some as a sign of hope, but joyful scenes of men returning from captivity have been followed by a massive Russian attack on Kyiv.

Ukraine pioneered the use of small drones on the battlefield. But in Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow’s fiber-optic cables helped turn the tide.