According to the military, Russian troops fired two missiles from the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea and another missile from the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region. The Shahed drones were launched from the Kursk region in Russia and Cape Chauda in Crimea.

Kyiv officials report a series of explosions as Moscow launches a strike against the Ukrainian capital, sending residents fleeing into bomb shelters.

Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said early Monday. Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday,

Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday, sending residents into bomb shelters.

Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said early Monday, sending residents into bomb shelters.

This photo released by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov's Telegram channel on Sept 2, firefighters extinguish burning cars in the courtyard of an apartment building after a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the city of Belgorod, Russia. (AP)

Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile attacks. The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14 drones and one of the three missiles Russia launched overnight.