Russia launches fresh attacks on Ukraine days before tank training starts

The attacks adhered to Russia’s recent pattern of launching widespread strikes about every two weeks

People gather in a subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Russian forces have fired another rash of missiles and self-exploding drones at several parts of Ukraine.

They caused the first attack-related death of the year in Kyiv even though air defences shot down many of the incoming projectiles.