Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period

BBC:

Russia has launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a 24-hour period since the war began, hitting cities across the country with 948 drones.

Ukraine’s Air Force said 556 drones had been fired since 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Tuesday, in an unusual daytime attack which killed at least three people and injured dozens.

In the western city of Lviv, the 16th century Bernardine monastery – part of a Unesco World Heritage site in the city centre – was damaged, local officials said.

In the neighbouring Ivano-Frankivsk region, a maternity hospital was hit.

Those strikes came after an overnight Russian attack left five people dead. Ukraine said 392 drones and 34 missiles were fired.

In his video address on Tuesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the scale of the latest attacks “clearly shows that Russia has no intention of really ending this war”.

Russia’s military has not publicly commented on the attacks.