U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday. The visit comes hours after a Russian drone strike on the city, as President Volodymyr Zelensky y continues to push for increased Western military support.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine on Monday, in a show of U.S. support for Kyiv just two weeks ahead of a U.S. presidential election that is casting uncertainty over the future of Western support.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with several waves of drones for the second night in a row, damaging residential buildings and injuring at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

Russian drones have tried to attack the city of Kyiv on the night of 20-21 October. However, Ukraine's defence forces have destroyed all of the Russian drones, approximately 10 in total, that threatened the city.

Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with several waves of drones for the second night in a row, damaging residential buildings and injuring at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials say.