Bharat Express

Kyiv

On the outskirts of Kyiv, air defence systems are being engaged

21 artillery shells and three cluster munitions from a multiple rocket launcher were fired

Three private houses were damaged by falling debris in the Kyiv region

Kyiv also claimed liberation of the Donetsk settlement of Krasnohorivka

The Ukrainian General Staff stated that 28 of the 30 drones launched by Russian forces overnight were shot down by Ukrainian air defences

Ramaphosa will be accompanied by Macky Sall of Senegal and Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema, plus Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who now chairs the African Union

Both sides in the conflict are losing patience. Dmitry Medvedev, the Vice-President of Russia's Security Council, warned of a growing fear of a global nuclear war a month ago.

According to Russia's Defence Ministry eight drones were sent by Kyiv which were nuetralised.

Russian forces fired 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv at about 11:30 a.m., according to Ukraine's chief of staff, Valerii Zaluzhnyi. All of them were shot down.

The attack took place over several waves and the air raid alert lasted more than five hours!