Russia Launches Heavy Missile and Drone Assault on Kyiv

Russia has pounded Kyiv with a major overnight barrage of missiles and drones, rocking the capital with explosions after President Zelenskyy had warned of an imminent large-scale attack. Separately, a strike on Luhansk in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine killed 18 people and injured 42, with Moscow vowing to retaliate and blaming Ukraine for the attack.