Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa, officials said.

A Russian attack overnight damaged St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv's historic centre, one of Ukraine's most cherished monuments, an action denounced by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as "unacceptable and catastrophic.

Russia has launched one of its largest strikes on Kyiv, injuring four people and causing widespread damage across seven of the capital's ten districts, officials said. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 315 drones overnight across the country.