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Mass Russian Barrage Pounds Ukraine as Ternopil Death Toll Rises to 16

Officials warn of urgent air-defense needs after strikes damaged energy and transport infrastructure.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported a combined overnight attack of 476 strike drones and 48 missiles launched from multiple directions, with main impacts targeting the Lviv, Ternopil and Kharkiv regions.
  • Air defenses said they neutralized 442 drones, 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles and seven Kalibrs, though seven missiles and 34 drones hit 14 locations.
  • Ternopil authorities confirmed 16 people killed and 64 injured, including 14 children, after strikes damaged two high-rise buildings as rescuers continued search operations.
  • Kharkiv officials reported 46 injured, including two children, and damage to 16 apartment blocks along with vehicles, a medical substation, a supermarket and other facilities.
  • Romania scrambled Eurofighter Typhoon and F-16 jets when a drone briefly entered its airspace, and Ukraine’s General Staff reported heavy ground combat with 50 Russian assaults repelled on the Pokrovsk axis.