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At least seven explosions rang out on Monday morning over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, AFP journalists heard, amid a nationwide alert warning against Russian aerial attacks.

Ukraine fired 11 drones Wednesday at Moscow that Russia said were shot down during one of the largest strikes against the capital, while Ukrainian defences reported stopping 50 Russian drones and missiles.

Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Russian news agencies reported.

A 4-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father died when debris from a downed Russian weapon fell on the house they were living in near the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Panic swept across Delhi NCR as 131 schools in the national capital, five in Gurugram, and three in Noida, Greater Noida were compelled to evacuate their students following threatening emails suggesting the presence of explosives on their premises.

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region sent students home early after receiving a bomb threat via email this morning. Police officials conducted thorough search operations, but did not find anything suspicious.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a "massive" Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, while Poland said one of the Russian missiles breached its airspace.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv were under Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, and Polish forces were also placed on heightened readiness.

A Russian cargo plane sanctioned by the United States touched down in North Korea's capital Pyongyang this week, the DongA Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod on Saturday, and vowed to retaliate.

Explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, its mayor said, while authorities issued countrywide air alerts as Russian missiles struck several other cities.

Ukraine said Thursday that air defence systems in the capital Kyiv and other locations across the country had downed dozens of Iranian-designed drones launched by Russian forces in Moscow's latest overnight barrage.

In the two years before the war in Ukraine, a private Boeing 737 linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov criss-crossed the globe, taking in the French Riviera, the Maldives and Seychelles along with world capitals and financial centres.

Several Ukrainian cities were targeted by Russian attacks overnight, leaving two dead in Kherson on Thursday while falling debris from downed incoming missiles caused multiple injuries in the capital Kyiv.

At least seven explosions rang out on Monday morning over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, AFP journalists heard, amid a nationwide alert warning against Russian aerial attacks.

Ukraine fired 11 drones Wednesday at Moscow that Russia said were shot down during one of the largest strikes against the capital, while Ukrainian defences reported stopping 50 Russian drones and missiles.

Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Russian news agencies reported.

A 4-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father died when debris from a downed Russian weapon fell on the house they were living in near the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Panic swept across Delhi NCR as 131 schools in the national capital, five in Gurugram, and three in Noida, Greater Noida were compelled to evacuate their students following threatening emails suggesting the presence of explosives on their premises.

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region sent students home early after receiving a bomb threat via email this morning. Police officials conducted thorough search operations, but did not find anything suspicious.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a "massive" Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, while Poland said one of the Russian missiles breached its airspace.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv were under Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, and Polish forces were also placed on heightened readiness.

A Russian cargo plane sanctioned by the United States touched down in North Korea's capital Pyongyang this week, the DongA Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod on Saturday, and vowed to retaliate.

Explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, its mayor said, while authorities issued countrywide air alerts as Russian missiles struck several other cities.

Ukraine said Thursday that air defence systems in the capital Kyiv and other locations across the country had downed dozens of Iranian-designed drones launched by Russian forces in Moscow's latest overnight barrage.

In the two years before the war in Ukraine, a private Boeing 737 linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov criss-crossed the globe, taking in the French Riviera, the Maldives and Seychelles along with world capitals and financial centres.

Several Ukrainian cities were targeted by Russian attacks overnight, leaving two dead in Kherson on Thursday while falling debris from downed incoming missiles caused multiple injuries in the capital Kyiv.