More than 40 Ukraine soliders, around 10 civilians reportedly killed

More than 40 Ukrainian service personnel and "nearly 10 civilians" have been killed in the early stages the Russian attack, the Ukrainian government's press service said.

Oleksii Arestovich, Zelenskyy's aide, also said that several dozen people have been wounded. He did not specify whether the casualties included civilians, reports Moscow Times.

Moreover, Eighteen people died in an air strike on a military base near Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odessa, the local administration said.

"Eighteen died — eight men and 10 women. At the moment, we are still digging through the rubble," the Odessa regional administration said in a statement.

Earlier, Ukraine's military said it had destroyed four Russian tanks on a road near the eastern city of Kharkiv, killed 50 troops near a town in Luhansk region and downed a sixth Russian aircraft, also in the country's east.