RUSSIAN MISSLE AND DRONE STRIKES CAUSES POWER OUTAGES IN LARGE PARTS OF UKRAINE

Overnight Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

Nine people had been injured whilst residents in eastern districts had been plunged into darkness and faced disruption to water supplies.

A seven-year-old child had been killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country’s south-east.

Moscow has escalated attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for “real steps” from allies to apply pressure to Russia.