At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

A Russian missile attack killed at least four people and partially destroyed an educational facility in the city of Kryvyi Rih in southern-central Ukraine on Friday, officials said.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been dictated as much by events in the air as by territorial gains on the front line.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

Russia attacks the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles, while industrial sites in Russia are set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.

While the Norwegian jets are primarily in Poland to help defend a key logistics hub bringing materiel into Ukraine, rogue Russian missiles and drones have entered Polish airspace several times since the full-scale invasion began.

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 141 drones on the night of 19-20 January. Ukraine’s air defence has downed 93 drones, meanwhile 47 decoys disappeared from radar, including two that returned to the Russia-controlled territory.