At least five killed in major Russian attacks on Ukraine

Russia launched missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions, killing at least five people, officials said on Aug 27, a day after Moscow's biggest air attack of the war on its neighbour.

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Two people were killed when a hotel was "wiped out" by a missile in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said.

Three died in drone attacks on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug 27 that Kyiv would retaliate against Russia for its attacks. He asked allies to consider joint air defence operations and provide long-range capabilities after Russia pummelled Ukrainian energy infrastructure with morethan 200 missiles and drones on Aug 26.