One dead in Kyiv after Russian ‘wave of missiles and self-exploding drones’

It is the first death from an attack in the capital since New Year’s Eve

A woman stands by the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine (Daniel Cole/AP)

Russia has launched a wave of missile and self-exploding drone attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.

Air raid sirens sounded nationwide and, while there were no immediate reports of the targets, one person was killed by a missile in Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.