Zelenskyy calls for European air defence system as Russia bombards city

Rescuers work on a site of a house destroyed by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia regional military administration via AP)

Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defence umbrella.

The attack wounded 20 people, including four children, officials said.