War

Ukrainian emergency services said today that a massive Russian missile and drone attack that pummelled Kyiv yesterday killed at least 24 people, further shredding hopes of a halt to Moscow's grinding invasion.Air raid sirens wailed across the city yesterday before several hours of explosions and flashes in the sky sent Kyiv residents running to shelter in metro stations.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 675 attack drones and 56 missiles, mainly at Kyiv, adding its air defence units had downed 652 of the drones and 41 missiles.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said 20 sites in the capital were damaged, including homes, a school, a veterinary clinic and other civilian infrastructure."Work is still ongoing in Kyiv at the site of the strike on the building - a Russian missile strike that literally levelled a residential block, from the first to the ninth floor," he said in an address last night.Twenty-four people, including three children, were killed and 47 were wounded in the attacks, Ukraine's emergency service said today, updating a previous death toll.