Ukraine shot down 233 Russian drones overnight as Moscow continued its wave of attacks,

Its defence force said the drones were struck down across the country.

“Enemy aerial weapons struck 15 locations, while debris from downed drones fell at 4 other sites. Additionally, some enemy munitions failed to reach their targets; information regarding these is currently being verified.

“The attack is ongoing, with several enemy UAVs still in the airspace.”

At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said Saturday.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration, said that at least 50 residential buildings had been damaged in the attack, which also sparked a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.

Dozens of people have also been injured, officials said.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that a warehouse had been struck in the village of Myla “followed by a detonation.”

He did not give details on the site, but wrote in the same message that criminal proceedings had been opened on charges of official negligence.

“There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas.”

Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly overnight attack on the Kyiv region, which killed at least 27 people.

He said criminal cases had already been opened on charges of official negligence.

The Ukrainian president wrote on X: “Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions.

“There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or ‌other residential areas. Appropriate conclusions will certainly ​be drawn.”

The head of the Dmytrivka community, which was attacked by Russia overnight, died rescuing people, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Taras Didych is one of the 27 people that have been reported killed.

The Ukrainian president said residential buildings, along with a care home for elderly people and people with disabilities, were damaged.

Vladimir Putin believes Donald Trump has been “weakened” by the war in Iran and this could allow the Russian president to ramp up aggression in Europe, US intelligence has indicated.

While the details of CIA director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Moscow this week remain elusive, The Washington Post has reported that the meeting cautioned Moscow against banking on the US president being distracted by conflict with Tehran to escalate action against Ukraine.

For Putin, the ground war in Ukraine has not proved to be the quick victory he presented to the Russian public, where in 2014, he claimed he could, if he chose to take Kiev, do so “in two weeks.”

Instead, as the war drags into its fifth year, Moscow has faced growing levels of internal division, putting pressure on the Russian president.

The past month has seen this division culminate to form what experts have labelled the Kremlin’s “biggest domestic challenge” so far.

At ​least 27 people were killed after a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv-area warehouse sparked a detonation.

Another 42 people were injured in the overnight Russian air attack, governor Tymur Tkachenko has said.

He said more than 380 were being evacuated ‌from the ​strike ‌area ⁠in the ⁠Bucha district, which damaged at least 50 residential buildings and sparked a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.

Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.

Ukraine has been littered with mines since Putin invaded the country in 2022, posing a devastating risk to civilians. Antonina Kulhava, a humanitarian deminer, tells Maira Butt how she is trying to make her country safer:

Russia has lost an estimated 1,485,200 troops since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv’s defence has claimed.

This includes 1,420 people who have died in the past day.

It has also lost 12,310 tanks, 141, 059 fuel tanks, and 25,241 armoured fighting vehicles, according to its daily update.

Separately, the defence force claimed to have downed 233 Russian drones overnight.