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UPDATE; RUSSIA - UKRAINE WAR
Zelenskyy pleads with allies for help after deadly Russian strikes
At least three people were killed this morning after Russia launched a round of air strikes against several cities in Ukraine.
Bombardment was Russia's 'most massive attack', says Ukrainian commander
Russia's attack on Ukraine today was its largest air bombardment, Reuters reports Ukraine's air force commander as saying.
The air force shot down 102 of 127 Russian missiles and 99 of 109 drones, Mykola Oleshchuk said.
Russia has bombarded Ukraine for more than two and half years, and launched attacks on 15 regions this morning.
Mr Oleshchuk said the attack included:
109 Shahed drones launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeisk, Chauda and Crimea,77 Kh-101 cruise missiles from fighter jets over Volgograd and the Caspian Sea
28 Kalibr cruise missiles from surface/underwater carriers in the Black Sea
10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles from fighter jets over Belgorod and Mariupol
Six Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Kursk, Voronezh and Crimea
Three Kinzhal ballistic missiles fired from the Ryazan and Lipetsk regions
3 Kh-22 cruise missiles from the Voronezh region