For the first time in over two months, Russia launched a coordinated missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. On Wednesday morning, sirens sounded for hours across the city as defensive forces engaged in intercepting multiple projectiles.

KYIV (Reuters) -Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing elderly women and small children to take shelter in an underground metro station.

Russia intensified its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching a combined assault of drones and missiles on the capital for the first time in over 70 days, local authorities reported. The attack coincided with new warnings from the U.