Nine killed in Kyiv in intense Russian air attack

At least nine people have been killed and several injured in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in the Kyiv region, the interior minister has said. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko said residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure had been hit. At least six of those killed were in a high-rise building in the capital, Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The city’s military administration said a further 33 people had been injured.