Zelenskiy calls for more air defences after latest deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine

Ukraine president says long-distance strikes and modern air defences crucial to halting Russian terror'

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has renewed his calls for more air defences and long-range weapons after a missile attack in southern Ukraine killed seven people including two children.

Ukrainian officials released photos showing bodies covered with picnic blankets in a park in Vilniansk, a town near the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, alongside deep craters in the scorched earth and the charred remains of a nearby building.