A Russian ballistic missile strike killed one and wounded three in Kyiv on Sunday, while missile and drone attacks elsewhere in Ukraine caused at least one other death.

Yulia Svyrydenko, deputy prime minister of Ukraine, said: “In the early hours of this morning [Russia] launched a massive nationwide attack on Ukraine using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones.”

The lethal aerial attack came two days after a Russian strike killed 18 in Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.

Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, the capital city, posted on Sunday: “Explosions in the capital. Air defence is in operation. The missile attack on Kyiv continues. Stay in shelters!”