Russia launched missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least five people, officials said on Tuesday, a day after Moscow's biggest air attack of the war on its neighbour.
Two people were killed when a hotel was "wiped out" by a missile in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said.
Three died in drone attacks on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Kyiv would retaliate against Russia for its attacks. He asked allies to consider joint air defence operations and provide long-range capabilities after Russia pummelled Ukrainian energy infrastructure with more than 200 missiles and drones on Monday.
During Tuesday's attack, Ukraine downed five out of 10 incoming missiles and 60 out of 81 drones, the air force said. mewhere on its territory, it said. One more crossed into Belarusian territory; 10 more were still flying around in Ukraine's airspace on Tuesday morning, it said.
The Russian defence ministry said its forces had carried out a high-precision weapon strike on Ukraine overnight, the Interfax news agency reported.
Moscow denies targeting civilians since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, although thousands have been killed.
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