Authorities say Russian attack on Ukraine killed at least 11

Russia’s attack on Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight killed at least 11 people, injured dozens and trapped others, authorities now say.

Russia unleashed 73 missiles and 656 drones across Ukraine, according to the country’s air force, with the main targets including Kyiv, the central city of Dnipro, and the eastern cities of Poltava, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed and suppressed 40 missiles and 602 drones.

Hits of 30 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles and 33 drones were recorded at at least 38 locations. Debris from destroyed drones fell on 15 locations, the air force says.

At least four people were killed in Kyiv and 63 people were injured, including three children, Ukraine’s state emergency service says. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged in eight of Kyiv’s districts. In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, at least six people were killed and 36 others injured after Russian strikes hit the city of Dnipro, according to the emergency service. A second attack as first responders arrived at the scene killed one rescuer.