Russia-Ukraine war: List of important events, day 996 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Explosions were heard in Kyiv early on Sunday, reports said, after the Ukrainian military warned of a high risk of Russian missile attacks. The head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reported via the Telegram messaging app that there are many missiles in the air.

Ukraine's military said its air defense unit was trying to repel a Russian airstrike on the capital. The news agency Reuters reported that the residential building is on fire after being hit by Russia.

A plane crashed into a factory workshop in west-central Russia, causing an explosion and injuring one person, the head of the Udmurt Republic said on Sunday. One person with “moderate” injuries was taken to hospital.

Russian troops captured the villages of Makarivka and Hryhorivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Moscow's claim could not be independently verified immediately.