Russian attack hits rail workers in new deadly strikes on Kyiv

At least 12 people have been killed and 20 injured, including two children, in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the wider region, officials say.

Six of the casualties were railway workers of the state Ukrzaliznytsia company after a depot was hit in Kyiv.

Russia said its "massive strike using high-precision weapons" targeted Ukraine's military and energy facilities, and added that one person was also killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russia's western Belgorod region.

This comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin was urged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a close ally, to end the war.

"Every day spent in war pushes humanity back, and every step taken towards peace fills humanity with new hope and enthusiasm," Modi said at a security summit in Kyrgyzstan.

Modi, whose country's economy depends heavily on discounted oil from Moscow, has made several similar pleas to Putin since he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Overnight in Kyiv, eight people were killed and fires were reported in three city districts.

Another four people were killed in the nearby town of Boryspil where a residential building was hit.