“Kyiv and the region, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia regions were under massive combined Russian attack,” the emergency services said, adding that Kyiv had suffered the most damage.

Russia overnight launched its deadliest strikes on Kyiv since the summer of last year, with missile and drone attack killing at least nine people and wounded over 70, including six children,