The Ukrainian air force said it downed its own drone that lost control over Kyiv on Thursday evening, amid a series of explosions which shook the capital.

The air force said: "At about 8:00 pm (1700 GMT) a Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial device lost control during a scheduled flight in the Kyiv region... the target was destroyed!"

It added that it was establishing the cause of a "likely" technical malfunction.

The explosions followed a wave of air attacks by Russia between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

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