Russia launches missile and drone attack on Kyiv, causing power outages and casualties
Russian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting Kyiv and at least 19 regions. The strikes damaged key energy infrastructure, leaving 600,000 people without power. At least two people were killed in Kyiv, and attacks also injured dozens across the country.
- A Russian ballistic missile attack struck key energy facilities in Kyiv, including a nine-story residential building and a four-storey warehouse in Desnianskyi district.
- President Zelensky said Ukraine did not receive warnings from allies about the missile attacks on Kyiv.
- At least 600,000 people across Ukraine lost electricity after the attacks.
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported one person killed and 13 injured in the strike, while another report said at least two people died and several were injured.
- The Ukrainian military continues to receive intelligence from the United States.
- Ukraine has not launched attacks on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector for two days.
- At least 19 regions of Ukraine were targeted in two days, with at least six people killed in other areas.
- An attack on a residential block in Desnianskyi district killed two people and injured 21.
- Ukrainian officials say their air defenses lack sufficient ammunition and that Russian missiles are hard to detect.
- The Ukrainian military reported two people killed and six wounded in Dnipropetrovsk.
- Russia used more than 100 different weapons, including 39 ballistic missiles and over 120 drones, in attacks overnight.
- Russia claimed to have shot down 902 Ukrainian drones during the night, while Ukrainian air defenses shot down 88.
- Kyiv's mayor said a nine-story building was hit and caught fire.
- Kyiv's mayor said ukrainian officials say US representatives threatened to stop sharing intelligence if Ukraine attacked Russian refineries.
- Mayor Ihor Terehov said three bodies were pulled from rubble in Kharkiv.
- A 64-year-old man was injured in a Russian attack on Dnipro.
- A missile struck a four-storey warehouse in the Desnianskyi district.
- SpaceX reduced the speed of Starlink terminals for Ukraine.
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