Russia's deadliest attack on Kyiv for months flattens part of apartment block

Ukrainian officials say a drone smashed into the building, leaving a number of people dead and wounded.

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At least 28 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, officials said, as the death toll increased on Wednesday after having been revised several times, both upwards and downwards. There were also two fatalities in Odesa.

As part of the strikes, a drone smashed into an apartment block destroying dozens of flats.

The attack was among the biggest on the capital since the start of Russia's full-scale war, with Ukraine's interior minister saying the country had been hit by 440 drones and 32 missiles.

Russia's defence ministry said it had targeted Ukraine's military-industrial complexes and that all its targets had been hit.