Kyiv air defences thwart sixth Russia attack in six days against Ukraine capital

Police inspect a building damaged by a Russian night attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday (Wladyslaw Musiienko/AP)

Ukrainian air defences shot down more than 30 Russian cruise missiles and drones in Moscow’s sixth air attack in six days on Kyiv, local officials have said.

The Ukrainian capital was simultaneously attacked from different directions by Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles from the Caspian region, senior Kyiv official Serhii Popko wrote on Telegram.