Russian air attacks near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv killed at least three people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said early Friday.
Black smoke billowed from a residential building damaged in a strike as rescue workers hauled out the bodies of the victims, official images from the scene showed.
"Three people were killed in an enemy attack in the Kyiv region," emergency officials said in a statement on social media.
It said fragments of a drone had struck an apartment building after the head of the region said a home had also been hit.
Ukraine's air force said that its air defense systems shot down 25 Russian drones over seven regions, including Kyiv and the western Lviv region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed out at Russia and said Ukrainian allies should clamp down on sanctions to stop Moscow from producing arms.
"There must be accountability for every component for the production of Shaheds and missiles that are supplied in violation of sanctions," he said in a statement on social media.
The attack outside Kyiv came as Russian authorities said they repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow.
Russia's military said its air defense systems shot down 121 Ukrainian drones across the country and annexed Crimea.
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