Russian air attack kills nine and injures dozens in Kyiv

Russian missiles and drones hit residential areas and hospitals in Ukraine's Kyiv region, the interior minister says.

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In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko said residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure had been hit.

At least six of those killed were in a high-rise building in the capital, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The city's military administration said a further 33 people had been injured.

In the latest barrage, 352 Russian drones and 16 missiles targeted Ukrainian territory, mostly in the Kyiv area, the Ukrainian air force said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to London on Monday for talks with PM Keir Starmer on UK military support for Ukraine.