At least 27 dead and hundreds evacuated after strikes near Kyiv

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A 14-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack near the capital overnight, the region's governor said.

Twenty-seven radical person been killed successful an overnight drone onslaught connected the Kyiv region, its politician has confirmed.

Tymur Tkachenko said a further 42 people, including 4 children, were injured successful the Russian onslaught connected the Bucha district. A further 381 radical person been evacuated.

Search and rescue operations were ongoing aboriginal connected Saturday arsenic exigency services inspected buildings for damage.

Tkachenko aboriginal added that a 14-year-old was killed successful a abstracted onslaught successful the Boryspil district. "This is yet different unfortunate of Russian terror," helium said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, saying that much than 300 exigency respondents had been deployed to the onslaught area.

Zelensky besides reported further overnight strikes successful the regions of Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.

"Ukraine cannot beryllium unsocial successful uncovering solutions to support against specified strikes, and I convey everyone who helps with further enactment packages and sanctions against Russia," helium wrote connected Telegram.

The Ukrainian service said it had changeable down 233 Russia unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) overnight into Saturday.

Russia and Ukraine person been intensifying their attacks successful caller months, with Kyiv focusing its operations connected Russian economical targets.

In the past 24 hours, Moscow has reported strikes connected the Belgorod and Rostov regions. Rostov Governor Yuri Slusar said 7 radical were injured successful the attack.