By Pavel Polityuk

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched another large drone attack on Ukraine, striking Kyiv and damaging a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials said early on Tuesday.

The overnight attacks follow Russia’s biggest drone strike on Ukraine on Monday – part of intensified operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv’s recent brazen attacks inside Russia.

Medics were called to four districts of Kyiv a couple hours after midnight on Tuesday, including the historic Podil neighbourhood, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.

The military said the strikes were still ongoing and urged people to seek bomb shelters. The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear.

“Enemy drones are simultaneously attacking several

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