Russian missiles and drones are pounding Ukraine for a second day, as almost continuous heavy attacks hit the country, with Kyiv bearing the brunt of an assault that has killed at least three and injured 40 in the capital. The overnight attacks followed heavy daylight raids with missiles and drones across the country on Wednesday. The assault began at 3am on Thursday with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles fired by Moscow as the sound of explosions echoed through Kyiv. Water supplies were disrupted in the east of the city. The scale of the Russian attacks and their intensity appeared to put paid to claims by the US president, Donald Trump, that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine was close, following recent remarks by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, that the war might be approaching an end. Ukraine’s air force said the latest attack involved 56 missiles of various types and almost 700 drones. Damage from a Russian missile strike in Kyiv.…