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Ballistic Strikes Hit Kyiv as Drone Campaign Escalates Across Ukraine and Russia

Officials reported intercepts of ballistic missiles plus dozens of drones, reflecting renewed pressure on energy infrastructure before winter.

Overview

  • Kyiv authorities said a ballistic attack killed one person and wounded at least 10, with fires and damage reported at non-residential sites and residential areas in several districts.
  • Regional officials in Dnipropetrovsk reported two deaths and seven injuries from overnight missile and drone strikes that damaged homes and businesses.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched nine missiles and 62 drones, with defenses neutralizing four missiles and 50 drones, while impacts were recorded at 11 locations.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting more than 100 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, as a drone hit a Krasnogorsk apartment, injuring five people including a child and causing power outages in parts of Rostov region.
  • Ukraine opened a war-crime investigation after a Lancet drone strike in Kramatorsk killed Freedom TV journalists Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin, with a colleague wounded.