Russian air attacks on Ukraine kept the eastern half of the country under air raid alert for more than five hours, Ukraine's military said early on Sunday, with Moscow launching several waves of strikes targeting Kyiv and other cities.

The Ukrainian military shot down 56 out of at least 87 drones launched by Russia over various regions of the country, the air force said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles, officials said Sunday.

The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 78 out of 105 Russian drones during the assault, but the aerial attacks still damaged power lines and substations’ equipment in the Kyiv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankivsk regions in the past day.

Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia launched 105 Shahed-type drones across Ukraine overnight. Seventy-eight were shot down across 15 oblasts, while 23 were lost to electronic warfare, and one flew toward Belarus,

Officials say Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours.

"The enemy is deploying personnel there," said Vladyslav Voloshyn, a spokesperson for Kyiv's forces operating in southeast Ukraine.