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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that his military has deployed Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets to counter Russia's recent large-scale drone and missile attacks. "We destroyed already some missiles and drones using the F-16," Zelensky says at a press conference in Kyiv, declining to give more details. SOUNDBITE
The UN considers that there is a "strong probability" that the children's hospital in Kyiv was hit by a "direct hit" from a Russian missile, according to the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, who speaks remotly during a UN press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Smoke rises from damaged buildings in Kyiv after Russia launched dozens of missiles in a rare day-time barrage targeting several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. IMAGES
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
Rescuers work in the Solomyansky district of Kyiv after a barrage of Russian missile attacks killed four people, including one in Kyiv, and wounded 27 others in the capital, according to officials. The attacks came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to intensify strikes on Ukraine. IMAGES
Images show people clearing up and police on the scene after more than 20 drones and missiles were destroyed by air defences over Kyiv, according to the city military administration, describing the barrage as the "most powerful strike" on the capital since the spring. IMAGES
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