The Ukrainian president further expressed gratitude to the country's partners for the "timely delivery of interceptor missiles for their air defence."

Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching waves of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 days, authorities said.

Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow’s war effort are fighting to drive Ukraine’s army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region.

Russia carried out several missile strikes and launched 110 drones against Ukraine on the night of 11-12 November: Ukraine's air defence downed 46 drones, 60 had disappeared from radar and 2 entered the Belarusian airspace.

Russia on Wednesday launched its first combined drone and missile assault on Kyiv in over 70 days as Ukrainian leaders urgently seek more Western air defence support amid political concerns

Russia has struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days KYIV, Ukraine — Russia struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday morning and damage is still being assessed,

Blasts were heard in Kyiv Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force put the nation under an air raid alert. "Putin is launching a missile attack on Kyiv right now," the president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak,