Russian missile attack kills multiple people in Kyiv after Ukraine strikes a chemical plant making gunpowder, explosives and fuel in Bryansk

The first explosions could be heard across Kyiv shortly after 1am and then more about half an hour later. Blasts were also reported in Zaporizhzhia , Poltava and Dnipro with strikes and air raid alerts continuing into the morning.

Emergency services rescued 10 people after a fire caused by drone wreckage hit the sixth floor of a 16-storey residential building, while the strikes also blew out windows of a medical facility and debris was found at another residential building, Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko , reported on his Telegram channel.

A massive combined missile and airstrike was carried out, including with air-launched Storm Shadow missiles that penetrated Russia’s air defence system.