Russia launched more than 700 drones and missiles at Ukraine in multiple waves overnight, killing at least 18 people in what local officials said was the deadliest attack in months.
Officials said nine people had been killed in the southern port city of Odesa, five in the central city of Dnipro, and four – including a child – in the capital, Kyiv.
In Russia, two people – including a child – were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the southern Krasnodar region, Moscow said.
This comes after a brief ceasefire took place over Orthodox Easter last weekend – though both sides accused one another of hundreds of violations.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In Kyiv, warning sirens jolted people awake at 02:30 local time on Thursday (23:30 GMT on Wednesday), followed soon after by the first explosions.
