Residents woke to a series of powerful explosions that shook the capital as local officials said air defences were engaging the largest ballistic missile salvo to target Kyiv in weeks.

Vladimir Putin is not preparing for peace and continues to slaughter Ukrainians despite talk of a ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky warned. The Ukrainian president said Putin was still destroying cities and killing civilians after a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv killed someone and injured four others.

Russia launched ballistic missiles and more than 100 drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine overnight that killed three people and injured at least 16, including a child, authorities said.