Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma,Maanya Sachdeva and Matt Mathers

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin meets military commanders as Kyiv ‘shoots down 15 drones’

NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine war: Footage appears to show moment drone attack hits building in central Moscow

Ukraine has said that a Russian missile strike in the northern city of Chernihiv has killed seven people and injured 129 others.

Around 15 children and 15 police officers were among the dead following the strike, which hit a central square in the historic city, about 92 miles northeast of the capital, Kyiv, as locals walked to church to celebrate a religious holiday.

Mr Zelensky confirmed the news while on a visit to Sweden on Saturday.  “An ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,” he wrote on the Telegram messaging service.

Earlier, Kyiv said it shot down 15 Russian drones overnight as the Kremlin targeted sites across Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Vladimir Putin’s troops used Iranian-made Shahed drones to attack targets in the country’s central, northern and western regions.

Seventeen drones were launched in total, Ukraine said, and it was not immediately clear what happened to the other two.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.