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.

Russia unleashed a sweeping drone attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the Black Sea city of Odesa that left a trail of destruction and killed at least one person, local authorities said.

Russia carried out "massive" drone attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and port city of Odesa early Tuesday, killing one person and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said, calling for