Russia launches deadly wave of missile attacks on Ukraine cities

Woman and child die in Dnipro, while missile strikes in Uman, south of Kyiv, kill 10

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Russian cruise missiles have killed at least 12 people in the central Ukrainian cities of Uman and Dnipro, days after Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, begged his allies for more air defence supplies.

The attacks were part of a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes in the early hours of Friday morning, the most intense aerial bombing of major Ukrainian cities in weeks.