Strikes, involving over 400 drones and 28 missiles, launched hours after Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest cancelled

Russian drones and missiles have pounded the Ukrainian capital and other cities, hours after the cancellation of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, killing six people including a six-month-old baby, a 12-year-old girl and a woman, and damaging key energy facilities and several high-rise residential buildings.

The attacks, involving over 400 drones and 28 missiles, lasted most of Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning as Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic missiles. A drone strike on Kharkiv hit a kindergarten, killing one man and injuring seven others.

A series of loud explosions were audible across Kyiv on Wednesday and towards dawn and beginning of the morning rush-hour, air defences targeting Russian drones could be heard above the sound of traffic.