(Reuters) – Russian air assaults on Ukraine saved the japanese half of the nation underneath air raid alert for greater than 5 hours, Ukraine’s army mentioned early on Sunday, with Moscow launching a number of waves of strikes focusing on Kyiv and different cities.

“The enemy once again used its drones against Kyiv overnight!” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s army administration, mentioned on the Telegram messaging app. “Russian drones entered the capital of Ukraine in several waves and from different directions.”

All of the air weapons had been destroyed on their strategy and, based on preliminary data, there have been no stories of harm or accidents, Popko mentioned. Particulars relating to the dimensions of the assault will come later within the day, he mentioned.

Air raid alerts for the capital and its area was introduced 3 times in the course of the night time, totalling greater than 5 hours, Popko mentioned.

Hennadii Trukhanov, mayor of the Black Sea port of Odesa, mentioned on Telegram that Russia focused the southern metropolis in a single day, with a number of explosions reported.

There was no data on damages or accidents there.

Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of the southern area of Kherson, mentioned early on Sunday on Telegram that one civilian had died and 15 had been injured in Russia’s assaults on the area previously 24 hours.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the stories. Russia has not commented.

Either side deny focusing on civilians within the warfare, which Russia launched with a full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour in February 2022. However hundreds of civilians have died, the overwhelming majority of them Ukrainians.