Ten killed as Russia hits Ukrainian cities with huge aerial barrage

Russia has launched one of its biggest aerial barrages of the year against Ukraine, killing 10 people and wounding at least 60 others.

Several cities were struck overnight, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claiming Russia launched around 110 missiles, with most of them being shot down.

It is one of the largest air attacks on Ukraine since the war began.

Damage was reported at a maternity hospital in the central city of Dnipro and buildings in the western city of Lviv, the southeastern port of Odesa and the eastern city of Kharkiv.

Two were killed in the capital Kyiv, with more people thought to be trapped under rubble at a warehouse damaged by falling debris, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Two people were killed in the Black Sea port city of Odesa and at least 15 were injured, including two children, as missiles hit residential buildings, the regional governor said.

Four were killed in Dnipro, while two were also killed in Kharkiv and Lviv.

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said Russia “apparently launched everything they have”.

He claimed Russia used hypersonic, cruise and ballistic missiles, including X-22 type, which are extremely hard to intercept.