At least 3 killed in Russian strikes in Kyiv region, official says

Russian strikes killed at least three people, including a child, in the region surrounding capital Kyiv on Saturday, an official said.

At least 17 people have been killed by new Russian strikes on Ukraine as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy highlights the need for more interceptor missiles. Holly Williams has more.

At least 17 were killed as explosions rocked Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight. Russian missiles tore through residential buildings and warehouses, part of an intensifying campaign against Ukraine's capital.

Russian forces struck the Kyiv region with ballistic missiles and drones.

Kyiv’s military administration said the missile and drone barrage slammed into residential buildings and several warehouses.

Air raid alerts last for more than an hour as Moscow inflicts another heavy bombardment on Ukraine’s capital Russian strikes in and around Kyiv killed at least 14 people, ⁠injured 27 and ⁠damaged warehouses, ​emergency service officials said. Some reports put the death toll at 15. Air raid alerts lasted for more than a

Kyiv has in recent months urged allies to supply more US-made Patriot interceptors as Russia steps up its use of ballistic missiles more than four years into its full-scale invasion.

Aug 4 - Ukraine's overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said, while Russian strikes killed and injured people in Ukraine.