Russia has launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing at least 20 civilians in the city and injuring many more.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine's capital, killing at least 17 people and prompting President Zelenskyy to call for sped-up weapons support from his partners.

More than a dozen people were killed in a major attack on Kyiv overnight into Thursday, the city mayor said, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was planning an extensive attack.

The Russian authorities said 419 drones were shot down across Russia, including in the capital, and in Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a crisis meeting on Sunday over Russia's current fuel supply problems, with an eye to mitigating the effects of repeated Ukrainian attacks on refineries and