France, May 24 -- At least four people died when Russia pounded Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian authorities said, two in the capital and two in the surrounding region.

More than 80 people were reported wounded after the assault left damage in some 50 locations across Kyiv, including residential buildings, schools and shopping centres.

Russia confirmed it fired its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads. It is the third time Russia has used the missile during four years of war in Ukraine.

Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, called its use "a political scare tactic and reckless nuclear brinkmanship". She said the bloc's top diplomats would meet within days to "discuss how to...