The attack came after a rare daytime assault on Monday. Russia has stepped up attacks on the capital this month as Ukraine prepares for a counteroffensive.

Drones damaged two residential buildings in a dramatic strike on Moscow after yet another barrage of Russian missiles on Kyiv killed one person and injured more than 12 on Tuesday.

Russia has carried out a new massive drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a man died when drone wreckage fell near a petrol station. A woman was injured. Overall, Russia launched a record 54 so-called kamikaze drones on Ukrainian targets, 52 of which were shot down, Ukraine's Air Force reported.

Monday's airstrikes followed a day after Russia's largest Iranian-made drone strike since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia has launched a new massive overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, killing at least one person, local officials have said. Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a man died when drone wreckage fell near a petrol station. A woman was injured.

Ukrainian defence forces said they shot down more than 20 drones during a fresh wave of Russian air attacks on Kyiv early Tuesday which killed at least one person and injured four others when their apartment building was hit and caught fire.

Drones hit several buildings in Moscow on Tuesday causing minor damage and forcing some people to evacuate their homes, Russian officials said, while Russia launched another wave of flying bombs on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killing one person.