Authorities in capital say Russian drones approaching ‘one after the other’ following Kremlin’s warning it will respond to Ukrainian attack on Russian air bases
Welcome to today’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine, where the capital is under attack from Russian drones early and authorities say drone fragments have fallen in different parts of the city.
Witnesses reported a series of explosions in Kyiv, with one of them reporting a large fire at a site where one drone had fallen.
The IAEA’s team at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site’s training centre, the head of the UN’s nuclear safety watchdog said on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of damage to the centre, it said.
Russia launched a series of missiles and drones across Ukraine hours after Trump and Putin spoke on Wednesday. At least five people – including a one-year-old boy, his mother and grandmother – were killed when a drone struck a residential building in the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky.
German chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Trump to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to “unconditionally support” Russia in the war at a meeting with top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu, Pyongyang state media reported.