Joanna Kakisis

He's a close business associate of Zelensky's.

Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enerhoatom, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, and they got kickbacks laundering roughly $100 million.

The scandal has forced the resignation of two ministers in Zelensky's government so far, but Zelensky has not been implicated in this probe, and he is calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing crimes.

Ukrainian authorities say more than 400 drones were used in the assault.

Ukraine's air defense tried to shoot them down.

Residents awoke to the sound of machine gunfire and blasts.

The head of Kyiv's military administration said Russia had struck residential buildings in nearly every neighborhood.

Rescue workers are looking for survivors in the rubble.

Kyiv's mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, says the city's heating infrastructure was also struck and to expect outages.

Joanna Kakisis, NPR News, Kyiv.

Russia launched nine ballistic missiles and 62 attack drones called Shaheds, which resemble small planes and often carry warheads.

Ukraine's military says it did shoot down 50 drones and four missiles.

In the capital, Kyiv, missiles killed at least two people and injured at least a dozen.

Russia also hit the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson with glide bombs, artillery and attack drones, killing at least three people there.

and injuring more than two dozen, including three children.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine wants to purchase 25 Patriot air defense systems from the U.S.

to protect itself from Russian attacks.

Joanna Kakisis, NPR News, Kyiv.

The Russian attacks also caused a fire at an industrial park in the western region of Lviv, as well as power cuts in some districts.

The mayor of the city of Lviv said there were no military targets in the area.