Overview

• Russian forces deployed over 440 drones and 32 missiles in a coordinated overnight assault that struck multiple cities
• At least 15 people were killed in Kyiv and its suburbs, including a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, and more than 100 were wounded with casualties expected to rise
• A nine-story apartment block in the Solomianskyi district was flattened and at least 27 sites across Kyiv sustained damage to residential buildings, schools and critical infrastructure
• The barrage extended beyond the capital to Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Odessa, igniting fires and scattering debris in urban areas
• President Zelensky denounced the attack as “pure terrorism” and called on G7 leaders to tighten sanctions and boost military aid as emergency crews press on with rescue efforts