KYIV (Reuters) -Blasts rang out over Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August and urged residents to take cover. The scale of the strike and extent of any damage were not immediately clear.

Up to six enemy aircraft carrying Kh-101 missiles took off from Olenegorsk air base in Russia’s Murmansk Oblast and approached the missile launch site over the Caspian Sea at about 5 a.m. EET. The launched missiles were heading toward Chernihiv,

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a combined missile-drone strike on Kyiv, marking the first attack of this kind over the last 73 days. — Ukrinform.