Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kiev early Thursday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack.”

Russia has launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones that has killed eight people and injured 34.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia "has been preparing this massive strike against Ukraine for some time now".