Russian strikes kill eight across Ukraine as Kiev comes under fresh missile attack

Russia has struck Ukraine with missiles, drones and guided bombs, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.

Missiles also hit the capital Kiev, injuring 12 people, including two children, according to the city’s mayor.

A recent spate of attacks using dozens of ultra-fast ballistic missiles has put Ukraine’s air-defence system under strain.

Russia launched more than 120 drones and 12 missiles during the night, half of them ballistic, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

“Civilian infrastructure was hit even before the air raid alert was issued,” he added.

He posted videos of emergency teams working in the smoke and rubble of ruined buildings.

Apartment buildings, offices and a theological school were damaged in Kiev, while recovery efforts were under way in other regions, he added.

A Russian “guided aerial bomb” strike on the northern city of Sumy killed five people, the city’s mayor Artem Kobzar said.

One other person died in a Russian attack on the eastern town of Sloviansk, while a Russian missile strike on the southern city of Odesa killed two, authorities said.