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Emergency workers respond to the aftermath of a missile strike in Kyiv, with overnight Russian missile attacks across the country killing at least three peole. The army's chief said Russian forces had fired 41 missiles and that Ukrainian forces had shot down 21. In Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 people had been injured and 13 hospitalised. IMAGES
A senior UN official condemns Russia for its "appalling assaults" on Ukraine which saw some 158 missiles launched, killing at least 30 people according to Kyiv. "Regrettably, today's appalling assaults were only the latest in a series of escalating attacks by the Russian Federation," says UN assistant secretary-general Mohamed Khiari. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian rescue services trawl through the smoking rubble left after a Russia strike on the port city of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea. "Russians hit the city centre. A garage and a 3-story residential building are on fire," Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram. Eighteen people had been wounded and nine of them had been hospitalised, including five children, he added, without specifying their condition or if they had been in the residential building. IMAGES ++ TEXT 33PB89B
The White House says there is still no concrete evidence to say who is behind the explosion that destroyed a large dam in Ukraine. "We cannot say conclusively what happened at this point," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Emergency services are on scene after several explosions rocked Ukraine's capital overnight. One of the missiles hit the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, setting multiple cars on fire. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were injured and 15 percent of households were without power and 40 percent without heating following the explosions. IMAGES
Smoke rises from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after fresh Russian missile strikes. Writing on social media, the city's mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, has said "ninety percent of the city is without electricity" and warned of additional cuts in water supply. IMAGES