Russia-Ukraine war live: Xi Jinping to visit Russia; Kyiv residents urged to shelter in drone attack on infrastructure

Chinese president to make state visit in spring; air raid alarms in Kyiv shortly after 2am but Kyiv mayor says ‘no hits’ on infrastructure

Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the governor of Sumy region, which is in Ukraine’s north-east and borders Russia, has posted to Telegram to say that overnight three settlements in the area were fired on by Russia. He said details about the consequences were being clarified.

Reuters has a quick snap to say that Ukraine’s air force has reported on Friday morning that Russia launched 16 so-called kamikaze drones overnight, and that Ukrainian air defences destroyed all of them. It added that the drones had been sent from the south-east and north.