Russian missile strike in Zhytomyr, Ukraine sees rescue workers race to find survivors

A rescue operation follows a devastating Russian missile strike in northern Ukraine.

Video released by Ukraine's State Emergency Service on Tuesday shows clouds of smoke and rescue workers digging through debris in Zhytomyr.

Four people were killed when homes in the Ukrainian city by a Russian cruise missile apparently aimed at a nearby airbase, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, said on his Telegram channel.

He said the residential buildings near the base of the 95th Airborne Brigade in Zhytomyr, 120 km (75 miles) west of the capital Kyiv, had been set on fire,

"So far, four people have died. Including a child," he said.