Two people are killed and 54 injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital, Vitaliy Klitschko says.

A combined Russian missile and drone attack triggered fires in several districts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday, injuring 21 people, officials said.

(Reuters) - Combined overnight missile and drone attacks killed nine people in Ukrainian capital Kyiv and injured 63, local emergency services said. "There has been destruction. The search is continuing for people under rubble," the emergency services wrote on the Telegram messaging app.