At least five people have been killed in a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
The Ukrainian president said Russia launched more than 50 missiles and around 500 attack drones – with Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad regions all targeted.
Mr Zelenskyy said around 10 people were also injured in the strikes.
“The Russians once again targeted our infrastructure – everything that ensures normal life for our people,” he said.
“We need more protection and faster implementation of all defence agreements, especially on air defence, to deprive this aerial terror of any meaning.
“A unilateral ceasefire in the skies is possible – and it is precisely that which could open the way to real diplomacy.
“America and Europe must act to make Putin stop.”
Poland’s armed forces were forced to scramble jets to protect its airspace during the attack by Russia on Ukraine.
“Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said in a post on X.
Lithuania’s airport in Vilnius was closed for several hours overnight after reports of a possible series of balloons heading towards the airport late on Saturday.
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