Russia pounds Ukraine with missile and drone barrage

Kyiv was hit by another barrage of missile attacks hours after Russia conducted a second day of overnight strikes on the capital and other targets including an air base in western Ukraine.

“Only six hours after the night attack, the aggressor country again launched a missile attack on Kyiv,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Monday.

Popko said the strikes were intended to “exhaust the resources of our air defence” as Kyiv prepared to launch a counter-offensive to retake occupied eastern and southern regions, which account for 18 per cent of…