Overview
- Overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its outskirts killed at least 15–17 people, set large warehouse fires, and damaged residential infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities and multiple news agencies reported.
- Earlier the same day Ukrainian long‑range drones struck logistics sites across Russia, including Wildberries warehouses, and regional governors said attacks in the Moscow and Leningrad areas caused fires and at least five deaths.
- Both sides have sharply increased use of high‑speed ballistic missiles, massed long‑range drones and small FPV suicide drones, with footage and regional reports showing FPV attacks chasing and wounding civilians in Kherson.
- Ukraine and its leaders say a critical shortage of PAC‑3/Patriot interceptors and munitions left ballistic missiles unchallenged during recent barrages, prompting urgent appeals to Western suppliers and growing diplomatic friction over deliveries.
- After more than four years of a largely static front, analysts warn this reciprocal expansion of long‑range strikes is changing the geography of the war, increasing civilian harm, straining air defenses, and risking further escalation.