Russia kills 4 in massive Ukraine attack after vowing retaliation
Russia pounded Kiev with a massive missile and drone attack that killed four people, authorities said Sunday, after President Vladimir Putin threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
Multiple rounds of loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital throughout the early hours of the morning, AFP journalists reported, in a barrage the air force said involved 600 drones and 90 missiles.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people had been killed in the capital and dozens wounded, while the head of the surrounding Kiev region said two people had also been killed there.
Air defences intercepted 549 of the drones and 55 missiles, the air force said. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russians had fired a nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile in the barrage.
