A firefighter putting out a blaze following Russian ballistic missile strikes in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP / Lehtikuva

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Russian attacks killed at least nine people across Ukraine overnight into Tuesday as Kyiv continued its campaign of long-range drone strikes inside Russia, where another attack killed one person in the Voronezh region.

Six people died and 19 were injured in Zaporizhzhia after Russian forces used missiles and guided bombs, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said. Three others died and five were injured in drone and artillery attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Explosions were also reported in Kyiv. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said the capital came under a ballistic missile attack. Ukraine’s emergency service reported that a warehouse caught fire and one person was injured. A children’s hospital was also damaged.