Read our Privacy noticeRussia has claimed four settlements in eastern Ukraine, the country’s defence ministry announced on Thursday. It comes after Russia hit Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, killing eight people in overnight attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia launched more than 70 missiles and about 280 drones, Zelensky said in a statement on the Telegram app. Zelensky added that only the "extraordinary expertise" of Ukrainian air defence units helped save lives when air defence missiles were not provided or delivered slowly. Rescuers pull people out of destroyed building in LvivIn Lviv, a Russian missile hit a residential apartment building but did not explode, the city's mayor said.