Russia unleashes barrage of drones, missiles on Ukraine

Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with the capital city of Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault.

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This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Kyiv left at least 21 people dead last month.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Administration, confirmed Sunday's casualties via Telegram and said 10 others were wounded in the attack that targeted civilian areas across the city.

A 12-year-old girl was among the dead. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from a blast near the city center.

"The Russians have restarted the child death counter," Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.

Russia fired a total of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday. Of those, air defences shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles.

Besides Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the bombardment targeted the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa. Zelenskyy wrote on X that at least 40 people were wounded across the country. Later, Ukraine's Interior Ministry stated the number of the wounded rose to 70, with over a hundred civilian objects damaged.