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By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor

The prime minister of a fictional British government is preparing to deliver an address to the nation after the UK came under armed attack from Russia in the latest episode of The Wargame podcast.

Were this happening for real, it would mark the most significant public broadcast by any British leader since the Second World War.

"Am I actually going to do it?" Sir Ben Wallace asks, breaking briefly from character in the new podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise.

The former Conservative defence secretary is playing the part of the prime minister, leading a team of fellow former top politicians and military and security chiefs in the scenario.

Listen to episode three of The Wargame...

Russia launched 472 drones and missiles at Ukraine during its overnight attacks on the country, Kyiv's air force says.

Of those, 402 out of 442 drones and 26 out of 32 missiles were shot down, it added.

Russia's defence ministry meanwhile said its air defences downed 147 Ukrainian drones, including some over Moscow.

Here are the latest images from Kyiv, where officials say 15 people have been killed by overnight Russian strikes (see 8.27am post).

Britain and its G7 allies are expected to announce further sanctions against Russia today, the government said.

"I want to work with all of our G7 partners to squeeze Russia鈥檚 energy revenues and reduce the funds they are able to pour into their illegal war," Sir Keir Starmer is expected to say.

Britain has already sanctioned over 2,300 individuals, entities and ships as part of sanctions against Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Starmer is expected to deliver a speech, in which he will argue that "Russia doesn't hold all the cards", and will call on allies to "take this moment to increase economic pressure and show President Putin it is in his - and Russia's interests - to demonstrate he is serious about peace".

As we've mentioned, Kyiv came under heavy attack this morning as waves of Russian drones and missiles hit several districts across the capital.

The attack struck 27 locations around the capital, killing 15 people and injuring 75, according to Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y, who labelled the attack as "horrific" and "pure terrorism".

The Ukrainian president said that it's still unclear how many remain trapped under the debris.

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko said the city was encircled by drones and missiles for almost nine hours.

"Sleep feels like no sleep. Waking up in utter nightmare: people trapped under rubble and full buildings collapsed."

Officials said that a 62-year-old US citizen was among those killed during the attack.

Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said the timing of strikes on Kyiv was intentional, with world leaders gathered in Canada for a G7 summit this week.

"Putin's goal is very simple: make the G7 leaders appear weak," he says. "Only strong steps and real pressure on Moscow can prove him wrong."

Other parts of the country also came under attack, including Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv.

Some 13 people were injured in the southern region of Odesa, according to local authorities.

Welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Waves of Russia drones and missiles struck districts of Kyiv early this morning, killing 14 people and injuring 44, according to Ukraine's interior minister.

Ihor Klymenko said Moscow "spared neither drones nor missiles" in what he called one of the largest attacks on the capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

In total, Ukraine's air force said it downed 402 drones and 26 missiles overnight.

We'll bring you more detail on that attack and the latest updates from the rest of the war shortly, so stay tuned.

Thanks for joining us, we'll be back soon with the latest updates from the war in Ukraine.

Before then, here's a rundown of what's happened over the last 24 hours...

Russian strikes kill three in Kharkiv

Overnight drone strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv killed three people and injured dozens more, officials said.

Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y described the attack as "vile", calling on Ukraine's allies to exert more pressure on Moscow for its deadly strikes.

The southern port city of Odesa also came under attack, with drones hitting farm buildings, cars and civilian boats.

It follows successive days of heavy aerial bombardment from Moscow targeting regions across the country.

In other news:

• Russia returned the bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers as part of a deal reached during peace talks in Turkey last week;
• Ukraine also returned the bodies of 27 Russian soldiers;
• A one-page draft of a joint declaration for the upcoming NATO summit reportedly omits Ukraine's membership aspirations;
• US defence secretary Pete Hegseth says the upcoming defence budget will reduce military aid to Ukraine;
• Moscow says its nuclear deterrence capabilities have not been significantly impacted by recent Ukrainian drone strikes on military airfields;
• Finland's foreign ministry has summoned Russia's diplomat in Helsinki over a suspected violation of its airspace;
• While Poland has charged one of its citizens with spying for Russia;

Russia says its nuclear deterrence capabilities have not been significantly impacted by recent Ukrainian drone strikes on military airfields.

Ukraine launched a coordinated drone attack, dubbed 'Operation Spider's Web', last week, targeting at least four major Russian air bases and reportedly damaging dozens of aircraft.

Russia's deputy foreign minister claimed that the extent of the damage from the attacks has been "greatly exaggerated" and that none of Moscow's strategic forces were weakened.

"Our nuclear deterrence potential against the US and any other potential adversary has not suffered significant damage," Sergei Ryabkov told Russian state media RIA Novosti.

Watch: Ukraine targets Russian military aircraft

A Russian opposition politician who described the war in Ukraine as a game of "bloody chess" has been placed under house arrest for two months.

A court in the Russian city of Pskov announced the decision to detain Lev Shlosberg earlier today, after a request from state prosecutors.

Shlosberg will also face other unspecified restrictions, the court said.

The liberal Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to remarks he made about Russia's war in Ukraine.

He was first arrested on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the war in Ukraine as a game of "bloody chess", his party added. 

The 61-year-old made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. 

His party said Shlosberg denies the charge against him.

Shlosberg, one of the relatively few opposition politicians remaining in Russia, faces up to five years in jail if convicted. 

A one-page draft of a joint declaration for the upcoming NATO summit reportedly omits Ukraine's membership aspirations.

The brief document, seen by , also recognises Russia as a threat to NATO but not as an aggressor in Ukraine.

It signals that, for the first time since 2022, Russia's war in Ukraine will not be the chief focus of the annual NATO meeting, which takes place on 24-25 June in The Hague.

Last year's communique at the summit in Washington included a declaration that Ukraine's path to NATO is "irreversible" and promised more than $40bn (拢29bn) in additional military aid.

This year, the document will solely focus on defence spending, as Donald Trump pushes NATO partners to push the military expenditure benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.

Member states will also consider counting their contributions to Ukraine as part of the new defence spending targets, Bloomberg reported, adding the final version of the statement can still change.