Dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an eight-hour nighttime attack, authorities said Thursday as Russia kept up its relentless pounding of Ukraine after almost 1,000 days of war.

The Interior Ministry said one person was killed in Ukraine's southern Odesa region as the Russian forces attacked with drones, damaging civilian infrastructure and residential houses. According to the ministry's statement on Telegram, nine people were injured in the Odesa region.

Russia launched its latest overnight drone strike on Ukraine, targeting the capital in an attack that lasted over five hours, city officials reported on Nov. 3. Several waves of explosions were heard in Kyiv throughout the night.