At least 28 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, officials said, as the death toll increased on Wednesday after having been revised several times, both upwards and downwards. There were also two fatalities in Odesa. As part of the strikes, a drone smashed into an apartment block destroying dozens of flats.

Russia attacked multiple cities across Ukraine with 440 drones and 32 missiles, while President Donald Trump avoided committing to any new sanctions at the G-7 summit.

North Korea will send 6,000 military workers and combat engineers to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region, Moscow's top security official said, in the latest show of growing ties between the two countries.

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia

Thousands of North Korean laborers are already toiling in Russia. A new contingent is headed to the region where North Korean troops fought Ukraine.