Russian aerial barrage on Ukraine leaves at least 18 dead

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a damaged building following a Russian air attack in Dnipro, on Tuesday. PIC/AFP

Russia pounded cities across Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday in attacks that authorities said killed 18 people and wounded more than 100.

The attacks on cities including Kyiv and Dnipro followed Russian warnings of strikes on the capital after a deadly drone attack on a dormitory in Ukraine's Russian-held region of Luhansk last month which Kyiv denies carrying out.

It was the third heavy assault on Kyiv in under a month. Russia has stepped up strikes as Washington focuses on Iran and talks on the war in Ukraine have stalled, with deadlock on the battlefield, and Kyiv regularly hitting oil refineries in Russia.

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