Russia launches early morning strikes on Ukraine, Kyiv air defences repel attack.

Russia launched a series of strikes on Kyiv, with air raid sirens going off and explosions heard across the city. Ukrainian air defences were activated to repel the attacks. Kyiv authorities have given the all-clear after the latest attack, which was the eighth since the beginning of May and was "exceptional in its density." British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will provide Ukraine with hundreds of air defence missiles and further unmanned aerial systems, including new long-range attack drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has also appealed to NATO to make a "positive political decision" on Kyiv's membership at its July summit.