Missiles hit Pavlohrad and Kharkiv while Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns of assault on energy infrastructure

Russia has launched a wave of cruise missiles against Ukraine, killing at least one person and injuring six, as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, warned of attacks by Moscow this winter on energy infrastructure.

Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv and other cities. Seven Russian Tu-95 bombers took off from the Engels airbase in the Saratov region and fired 19 missiles from Russian airspace. Air defence systems shot down 14 of them, Ukrainian officials said, including those heading for the Ukrainian capital.

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