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Moscow launched rockets at six Ukrainian cities including Kyiv and Kharkiv, leaving at least three dead as it targeted energy hubs.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Ukraine targeted Crimea with at least 19 kamikaze drones. Russian claimed to have downed them all.<\/p>\n
But at least 30 people reportedly died after a large strike at a Russian airfield in Saky, Crimea, the Ukrainian Security Service and Navy said.<\/p>\n
A Ukrainian intelligence source said the attack was by the security service and navy with drones and Neptune cruise missiles.<\/p>\n
It \u201chit the target and caused serious damage\u201d to \u00adequipment at the air base, the source said.<\/p>\n
And blasts struck Sevastopol, near Simferopol and Evpatoria, as well as the settlements Novofedorovka, Dzhankoy and Balaklava. Ukraine also attacked Russian regions Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol regions with drones.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Satellite images show devastating drone attack on Russian Black Sea base<\/strong><\/p>\n But the overnight barrages came just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov each addressed the UN Security Council in New York.<\/p>\n Mr Zelensky told delegates: \u201cMost of the world recognises the truth about this war. It is a criminal and unprovoked aggression by Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s army chief claimed air defences shot down 36 out of the 43 Russian missiles. The strikes left much of the country without power.<\/p>\n In Cherkasy \u2013 central Ukraine \u2013at least 23 people were wounded.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/4972035.jpg?r=1695333397601\")
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