The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

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A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Friday has killed multiple people and injured many others, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. It was part of a wider overnight assault and the latest in a series of large-scale attacks targeting regions across Ukraine.

As some turn on Kyiv, Nawrocki, a nationalist, says Poland and Ukraine must address ‘overdue historical issues’.

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Russia used more than 400 drones and 40 missiles in an assault which ‘targeted almost all of Ukraine’, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Three emergency workers killed and 20 people wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capital

Russia launches widescale assault on several regions of Ukraine, as Kyiv calls for strong international response.

The air onslaught came hours after the Russian president said he would seek revenge for a Ukrainian drone strike last week on bomber bases