A grandmother collapsed in grief today after she discovered her daughter and granddaughter had been killed in a Russian missile strike in Kyiv that left three dead.

Her agonised screams and wails tore through the deathly silence in the Ukrainian capital as she saw the charred bodied of her daughter and 11-year-old granddaughter on the ground in front of her.

The barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles struck at 3am and tore through homes, a kindergarten and a medical clinic in the Ukrainian capital, leaving a scene of utter devastation.