Ukraine Latest: Explosions Are Heard in Kyiv, Other Areas

The rubble of a destroyed hypermarket in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on May 3.

Photographer: Dina Pletenchuk/AFP/Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied the Kremlin’s claim that drones from Kyiv attempted to strike Moscow or assassinate Vladimir Putin. Russia said earlier it has the right to respond after it downed two drones Tuesday night that it said were part of a “planned terrorist act.”

Meanwhile, massive Russian strikes killed at least 21 people in the southern Kherson region, Zelenskiy said.