Ammon News - At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 people injured in a large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone strike on Ukraine, officials said, with the capital Kyiv the main target of Moscow's latest long-range barrage.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a post to Telegram that the most significant damage was wrought in Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv regions. At least five people were killed in Kyiv and nine people including a child were killed in Dnipro, local Ukrainian officials said.

Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones into the country, of which 40 missiles and 602 drones were intercepted or suppressed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack constituted "a completely transparent statement from Russia: if Ukraine is not protected from ballistic and other missile strikes, these attacks will continue."

BBC