Horrific' Russian airstrikes on Kyiv kill at least 10

Russia launched a sustained missile and drone attack on Kyiv in the early hours of yesterday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 100 in what the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called "one of the most horrific attacks" on the Ukrainian capital since the full-scale war began in spring 2022.

- Shaun Walker Kyiv Patrick Wintour Banff Pjotr Sauer

Officials warned the death toll from one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Kyiv this year could rise as rescue operations continue.

At a nine-storey Soviet-era apartment block in the west of Kyiv, an apparent direct missile hit had led to part of the building collapsing, leaving a gaping hole and a pile of rubble in the middle of the block.

Thirty apartments were destroyed in the strike, said the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko. "There could be people under the rubble, and we can't exclude that the number of dead may rise," he said. It was not clear how many people had been inside the building when the missile hit.

As dawn broke, hundreds of rescue workers were attempting to clear the rubble at the site and rescue those stuck in neighbouring apartments. Shops and buildings within a radius of two blocks also suffered damage and smashed windows.

The interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said: "A ballistic missile had a direct hit on a nine-storey apartment building, a section is destroyed, and is destroyed right down to the basement because it was a direct hit."