KYIV (AFP) : Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight, authorities said Wednesday. AFP journalists heard explosions in Kyiv after midnight (2100 GMT Tuesday), following Ukrainian air force warnings of incoming ballistic missiles. Ukraine shot down 98 of the 115 drones fired by Russia overnight, the air force said. Warehouses hitThe Russian attacks overnight mainly targeted warehouses, Kyiv said, with some strikes on infrastructure and a railway station. The series of strikes killed at least eight people and have knocked out a large chunk of the company’s storage capacity.