India, June 29 -- Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine overnight, one of the largest since the war began.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X: "Almost all night long, air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine - 477 drones were in our skies, most of them Russian-Iranian Shaheds, along with 60 missiles of various types."

The President said: "The Russians were targeting everything that sustains life. A residential building in Smila was also hit, and a child was injured. Emergency services are responding wherever they're needed."

He said an F-16 pilot named Maksym Ustymenko was killed while repelling the attack.

Zelenskyy said: "Today, he destroyed 7 aerial targets. My condolences to his family and brothers-in-arms. I h...