Kyiv

Russian military aircraft were damaged and civilian aviation was disrupted in the drone attacks, said Russian officials.

The Ukrainian military reported shooting down four cruise missiles out of up to eight total airborne targets detected, adding that the rest of the targets were "probably false."

The crash occurred on Friday over the Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

Kyiv did not provide details of the Russian regrouping but said the forces continued heavy artillery and mortar shelling and air assaults.

Residents in central Kyiv said they liked having the wrecked Russian hardware on display and that they hoped it would raise the fighting spirit of Ukrainians.

A couple and their 23-day-old baby have been killed in the attack, their son is the lone survivor.

Kyiv has been pushing Berlin to supply it with the Taurus, a missile with a range of more than 500 kilometres that is fired from fighter jets such as the Tornado, the F-15 or the F-18.

Missile debris also damaged the roof of a house and fell on a complex of country homes in the capital's northern Obolon district.

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

Russia used Iranian-made Shahed drones to attack Kyiv for the sixth time this month, but all were shot down, said Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration.