Ukraine says Russia launched new drone attacks on three regions

Russia has launched several waves of drone attacks on the Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of respite, according to Ukrainian officials. "The enemy's UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] were launched in many groups and attacked Kyiv in waves, from different directions, at the same time constantly changing the vectors of movement along the route," Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said in a message on Telegram messaging app early on Sunday. "That is why the air raid alerts were announced several times in the capital." Popko said preliminary information indicated that Ukraine's air defence systems downed 10 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones in Kyiv and the city's outskirts. There were no initial reports of "critical damage" or casualties, he said.