Massive overnight Russian strikes hit Ukraine killing at least five

Thousands of Kyiv residents ran for shelter following what officials said were ballistic missile strikes on the city centre. Four dead and dozens injured in massive Russian strikes on Ukraine Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. A man stands on an empty highway to photograph dark clouds of smoke rising through the early morning sky over a city. Massive overnight Russian strikes hit Ukraine killing at least five At least five people have been killed and dozens have been injured after Russia launched a major overnight attack on cities across Ukraine. Four people were killed in Dnipro and 16 were injured. One person was also killed in Kyiv, where at least 29 were injured following Russian strikes in the early hours of Tuesday. Thousands of people took shelter in the capital as large plumes of smoke rose from the city's centre. Air raid warnings were in place across most of Ukraine. Moscow last week warned it would launch "systematic strikes" on Ukraine in response to a drone strike last month on a dormitory in Ukraine's Russian-held Luhansk region which killed 21 people. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has urged people to stay in shelters. The head of Kyiv's City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said: "The enemy is striking with ballistic missiles." Klitschko said two high-rise apartment buildings had been hit and there are fears people are trapped under rubble. Firefighters work at a car dealership damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine on 2 June. As the Russian attacks hit Kyiv through the early morning, the buzz of drones could be heard between more than a dozen loud explosions as strikes made impact. Blackouts and fires have also been reported across the city and the wider extent of damage is not yet clear. An industrial facility has also been attacked in Zaporizhzhia. The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible massive Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts. "Intelligence warnings regarding Russian strikes remain in effect. A massive strike is possible, they have prepared one," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address. Last week Russia said it would target military and decision-making centres in Kyiv, and urged foreigners to leave the city. military and decision-making centres in Kyiv , and urged foreigners to leave the city. In a statement, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said it did carry out an attack near Starobilsk on the night of 21-22 May, but maintains that it struck a Russian military unit. Two screen shots from videos edited next to each other with a BBC Verify logo. One of the images is a screenshot from a drone video showing three military trucks driving on a road, the second is a truck on fire. Ukraine using AI drones to strike vital convoys supplying Russian troops Forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania 'No-one feels safe now': Residents of Romanian city hit by drone share fears A cyclist rides past a damaged building, with a crew cleaning up in front of it Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave The leader of Denmark's Social Democratic Party is forming a centre-left coalition minority government, giving her a third term as prime minister. Italians wondered what had happened to the animal's "lucky-charm" testicles. Hungary's president has refused Prime Minister Péter Magyar's demands to step aside, setting up a constitutional clash. A British helicopter provided support during the operation on Sunday, the UK ministry of defence says. Russian drones are targeting public buses in Kherson, killing three transport workers so far this year. From enigmatic KGB agent to wartime ruler, this is how Putin has repeatedly reinvented his image, and himself. People have just begun returning to check on their homes in the block that was hit early on Friday morning. A Russian drone hit a block of flats in Romania on Friday, causing a fire and injuring two people, Romanian officials say.