Russia, using missiles and drones, launched one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, since the beginning of the war more than three years ago and hours after a prisoner exchange began.

KYIV: Explosions shook Kyiv as Russia increased its aerial attacks on the city. Ukrainian officials said more than a dozen drones were launched by Russia, and people were told to stay

Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city, forcing many Kyiv residents to take shelter in underground subway stations.

Kyiv. Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones at Ukraine’s capital overnight on March 24. It's one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people.

An air raid alert in Kyiv lasted for more than seven hours overnight, with warnings of incoming Russian missiles and drones.