(BBC News) Russia says six people have been killed, including a child, in a Ukrainian strike in the Kursk region.
This comes after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh missile attack on Kyiv, damaging a building hosting several embassies.
In Russia, the acting governor of the Kursk region said in addition to those killed, several were taken to hospital following the attack on the town of Rylsk.
Alexander Khinshtein said a cultural centre, a fitness complex, a school and homes were damaged in a strike that took place at 15:30 local time (12:30 GMT).
Ukrainian troops still hold parts of the Kursk region after launching a surprise incursion in August.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said Russia’s strike in the capital had affected the diplomatic missions of Albania, Argentina, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal and Montenegro. It is unclear whether the building housing them was directly targeted.
At least one person died and nine others were injured in the strike, which damaged a number of buildings in the city, Ukraine’s military said. It is not thought that any of the embassy diplomats were injured.
In a verified video filmed in the Pecherskyi District, Kyiv’s second oldest Roman Catholic church St Nicholas Cathedral is shown with windows shattered following a nearby blast.
Ukraine’s military said Russia launched 65 drones and missiles across the country overnight, with most shot down.
