Dnipro residents rush to shelter in the metro after deadly strike in Ukraine

Dnipro residents rush to shelter in the metro after deadly strike in Ukraine

Dnipro residents rush into the underground metro as air raid sirens ring out the day after a deadly strike.

The Russian night-time strikes killed eight people, including two children, and injured 18 in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region.

Six people, including children aged six and eight, died in the Synelnykivsky area south-east of Dnipro, and two people died and 16 others were wounded in Dnipro, the regional capital.

The Ukrainian air force said Russian forces had launched 22 missiles and 14 Iranian-designed attack drones overnight.

All the unmanned aerial vehicles were downed as well as 15 missiles.