Russia and Ukraine trade missile strikes as war enters 150th day

Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Russia’s military has fired a barrage of missiles at an airfield in central Ukraine, killing at least three people, while Ukrainian forces launched rocket strikes on river crossings in a Russian-occupied southern region.

The attacks on key infrastructure on Saturday – the 150th day of Russia’s war in Ukraine – marked new attempts by the warring parties to tip the scales of the grinding conflict in their favour.