Russia this morning launched one of its most brutal bombing raids on Ukraine in the war so far, pounding Kyiv and other cities with waves of drones and missiles during Monday morning rush hour.
Nationwide air raid alerts were triggered in the early hours as Ukraine’s air defences sprang into action to shoot down a torrent of drones, which were launched as Moscow seeks revenge for Ukraine’s invasion of its Kursk region.
The attacks kept coming, and hours later Ukraine’s air force warned that Russia had deployed almost a dozen Tu-95 and six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers which let loose salvo after salvo of missiles.
MiG-31K warplanes – capable of firing fearsome Kinzhal supersonic missiles – and four naval vessels were also involved in the bombardment.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed that more than half of the country’s regions – fifteen in total – had been struck by missiles and drones, with thunderous explosions also heard in the capital Kyiv.
At least three people…