Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with over 660 drones

Overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine have left four people dead and injured dozens more, officials said.

Russia ⁠attacked Ukraine with 619 drones and 47 missiles, Ukraine's air ‌force said. The air ⁠force ‌said in a statement on Telegram ⁠that it downed 580 ⁠drones and 30 missiles.

Moscow has fired hundreds of drones at its neighbour almost nightly since the beginning of the four-year war, with Kyiv regularly carrying out strikes within Russia in response to its attacks.

In the central city of Dnipro, at least 14 people - including a nine-year-old boy - were wounded in a drone and missile attack that struck apartment buildings, among other infrastructure, local authorities said.

Video posted to Telegram by Ukraine's state emergency service showed rescue workers with flashlights searching a bombed building and surrounding rubble.

Russian attacks on the frontline city of Kherson wounded at least two others, the city's military administration said today.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 127 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

US-brokered talks on the conflict have failed to push the sides closer to a deal, with negotiations frozen for weeks.