Russia launched a "massive" drone and missile strike on Ukraine's capital and other areas early on Friday, days after Ukraine's surprise attack on its air bases. Five people were killed and 80 injured, Ukrainian officials said, with cruise missiles and hundreds of drones launched.

Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Friday, killing at least six people, Ukrainian officials said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the country.

Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across broad swaths of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, days after Kyiv launched a daring raid on Moscow’s fleet of strategic bombers.