A Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa killed two women and a toddler, authorities said Monday, while Ukrainian long-range drones targeted Russia’s key Black Sea port for oil

KYIV, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia launched a rare daylight attack on Kyiv on Monday using drones that appeared upgraded, Ukrainian officials said, with multiple explosions ripping through the city and drone debris crashing onto the capital's main square.

A fire has broken out in the city of Kyiv on the morning of 4 April after a Russian drone attack and falling debris in the Darnytskyi district of the capital. Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv Oblast Military Administration;

The attack hit four districts, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure, officials said.

Russian attacks on Ukraine's southeast on Tuesday killed eight people and injured more than two dozen others, officials said, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of escalating strikes

Ukraine is proposing to Russia a pause in attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter holiday, which will be observed this coming weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

U.S. and European officials have told The Associated Press that Russia is sending a shipment of drones to Iran including upgraded versions of the drone technology that Tehran originally supplied to Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.

A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region hit four districts and damaged homes, schools, businesses and critical infrastructure.