Russian barrage kills 25

A LARGE Russian drone and missile barrage has killed 25 people, including three children, and injured dozens more in Ukraine overnight Tuesday, officials said.

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The attack came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Turkey for talks on finding a settlement that might end Russia's invasion of his country.

The nighttime attack hit two nine-storey apartment blocks in Ternopil, a city in western Ukraine, according to interior minister Ihor Klymenko. Emergency crews were sifting through the rubble in daylight to find any survivors, he said.

At least 73 people were reported injured, including 15 children.

Russia fired 476 strike and decoy drones, as well as 48 missiles of various types, at Ukrainian targets overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.