Russia hit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a massive strike of missiles and drones early on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20, after it threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.

"The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.

"There are currently reports of at least 4 locations affected by the attack: Shevchenkivsky, Dniprovsky and Podilsky districts. Fires and damage to residential buildings are preliminarily reported," Tkachenko said.

The Russian strikes left several residential buildings damagedImage: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance

The attack by Russia left several residential buildings damaged across Kyiv.