Deadly air raids across Ukraine after warnings of Russian strike wave

Russian air raids on major Ukrainian centres including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least five people and wounded dozens by early morning on Tuesday, authorities said. Four people were killed and 16 injured in a Russian attack on Dnipro, in Ukraine’s east, said the regional governor, Oleksandr Hanzha. All those injured were taken to hospital, he said, posting pictures of heavily damaged residential buildings, burnt-out vehicles and a destroyed children’s playground. In Kyiv, at least one person was killed and 29 others were injured across the capital, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital’s military administration. A suspected missile strike on a 24-storey apartment building triggered a collapse, with people likely trapped under the rubble, said Vitali Klitschko, the Kyiv mayor. Other buildings including a nine-storey apartment block caught fire, he said. “In the Obolon district, cars are burning after being struck by falling missile debris. There are also fires at two locations in open areas, including one near a kindergarten,” Klitschko said. Thousands of residents of Kyiv were taking refuge underground in metro stations and other shelters, witnesses said, after air raid warnings that covered much of the country early on Tuesday. A woman carries a toddler as smoke rises above a Kyiv multi-storey building after Russia attacked, hitting apartment buildings. …