Air defences shoot down 38 of 40 Russian missiles in Kyiv region

Ukraine’s air defences shot down 38 of 40 Russian missiles in the Kyiv area, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian capital’s military administration said.

The missile attack was one of Russia’s most significant since the start of the war, Mykhailo Shamanov said on television.

Ukrainian air defences also shot down 10 missiles over the Dnipropetrovsk region, Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a separate statement on Telegram.