Deadly night-time Russian barrage hits Ukraine

By AP Reporters

At least five civilians have died after Russia launched drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs at Ukraine overnight into Sunday, in a major attack that officials there said targeted civilian infrastructure.

Moscow sent more than 50 ballistic missiles and around 500 drones into nine regions across Ukraine, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday morning.

Four people died in a combined drone and missile strike on Lviv, according to regional officials and Ukraine’s emergency service.

The historic western city is often seen as a haven from the fighting and destruction further east. At least four more people sustained injuries, the emergency service said.

The strike left two districts without power and public transport suspended for a few hours early on Sunday, mayor Andriy Sadovyi reported.

He added that a business complex on the outskirts of Lviv was on fire following the strike.

In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a night-time aerial assault killed a civilian woman and wounded nine other people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

He said Russia attacked with drones and guided aerial bombs.

Mr Fedorov said the strike destroyed residential buildings and left some 73,000 households in Zaporizhzhia and surrounding areas without power.