More than 50 injured in overnight Russian missile attack on Ukrainian capital

More than 50 people were injured in the Ukrainian capital by falling debris from Russian ballistic missiles intercepted by air defence systems (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

More than 50 people were injured when Ukraine’s capital became the target of another ballistic missile attack from Russia, officials said on Wednesday.

A series of loud explosions could be heard in Kyiv at around 3am and the city’s air defences were activated for the second time this week.