New Russian attack on Kiev, three dead and 29 wounded. Kremlin: '5,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Kupyansk'

Three people died and 29 were injured - including six children, the youngest being four years old - following the Russian attack on the Desna district in Kiev. This was announced by the capital's mayor Vitali Klitscko on Telegram, explaining that seven injured people - including two children - were hospitalised. According to the mayor, debris from some drones fell onto the second floor of a building. Several flats caught fire and the fire then spread to the upper floors.

In addition, Russian forces 'have surrounded Kupyansk - in the Kharkiv region - and assault troops are taking control of the Ukrainian military crossings on the Oskol river', Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov announced. President Vladimir Putin, visiting a military command 'of the special operation in Ukraine', has ordered 'measures to be taken to ensure the surrender of Ukrainian troops and minimise loss of life', Tass reports. Up to 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers are surrounded by the Russians in the Kupyansk area of Kharkiv and over 5,500 in the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk, the Kremlin quoted Tass as saying.

Meanwhile, Russia's envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, has had several meetings with representatives of the US administration over the past two days, an informed source told Tass. 'Meetings with President Trump's representatives,' he said, 'took place yesterday, today and will continue tomorrow.

Moscow claims to have successfully tested the new nuclear-powered 9M730 Burevestnik intercontinental ballistic missile: 'It covered the distance of 14,000 kilometres in 15 hours,' Russian Chief of Staff Valerij Gerasimov announced, pointing out that the test took place on 21 October. For President Putin, the missile 'has no equal in the world', Russian agencies write.