Russia launched a barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles on Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, killing more than a dozen people in one of its biggest attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

It was the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital in almost a year, and came as Moscow has intensified air assaults on the city.

A massive overnight Russian strike on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, killed 14 people and wounded at least 177 others, Ukrainian officials said.