Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv and Kharkiv under missile attack – as it happened

Ukraine war / By Leonie Lopez
10.46 CET

Casualties as Russian strikes target Kyiv and Kharkiv

Three people were killed and at least 60 wounded in the latest series of Russian airstrikes on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials have said.

Russia unleashed a mass airstrike on Ukraine on Tuesday, mostly targeting the country’s two largest cities, the capital Kyiv and Kharkiv in the east.

On Telegram, governor Oleh Synehubov said three people were killed and 42 wounded in Kharkiv in strikes on apartment buildings.

In Kyiv, 20 people including three children had been wounded across at least three districts, and that several apartments and non-residential buildings had caught fire, mayor Vitalii Klitschko said.

Updated at 11.00 CET