Airstrikes Nursery, homes and energy grid hit in wave of Russian attacks

Russian drones and missiles have pounded Ukraine’s capital and other cities, hours after the cancellation of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

- Peter Beaumont

Six people were killed, including a six-month-old baby and a 12-year-old

girl, and energy facilities and highrise buildings were damaged. The attacks, involving more than 400 drones and 28 missiles, lasted most of Tuesday night and into yesterday morning. Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic missiles. A drone strike on Kharkiv hit a kindergarten, killing one man and injuring seven.

Loud explosions were heard across Kyiv as air defences targeting Russian drones could be heard above the sound of early morning traffic.

The kindergarten was hit later on yesterday morning. Footage from the aftermath of the attack showed desperate parents and rescue workers carrying crying children to safety.

"There was a direct hit on a private kindergarten in the Kholodnoyarkiy district of Kharkiv. A fire started," Kharkiv's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said.