Russia launches second night of drone attacks on Ukraine's Kyiv

Russia has launched a wave of drone attacks on Kyiv and nearby regions for a second consecutive night, with air defence systems engaged in repelling the attack, a Ukraine military official said. "The air raid alert is on! Air defence systems engaged in the region on approach to Kyiv," Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration for the Ukrainian capital, said on the Telegram messaging app early on Wednesday morning. The Kyiv military administration urged people to stay in shelters until the raids were over. Witnesses in Kyiv heard blasts resembling the sound of air defence systems intercepting air objects, the Reuters news agency reported.