Russian blitz kills three at Ukraine army training base

RUSSIA has killed three soldiers and wounded 18 others in missile raids on a Ukrainian army centre, Ukraine's military said.

- BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed the strike killed or wounded about 200 troops, but that was dismissed by Kyiv.

Russia said the training centre near Honcharivske in Chernihiv was hit with two Iskander missiles.