Overview
- Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight into Wednesday, killing at least one person in the capital and causing fires and damage across multiple districts while Ukrainian emergency services reported broader regional tolls of about 14 dead and dozens wounded.
- Ukrainian forces continued a concentrated campaign of long‑range drone strikes on Russian logistics hubs, with recent attacks hitting Wildberries depots in the Moscow region and Tula Oblast and producing fires and civilian casualties, according to regional statements and local footage.
- Video released by Kyiv showing a drone chasing and then striking a street vendor in Kherson prompted Ukrainian leaders to call the incident a deliberate 'safari' attack and to accuse Russia of war crimes, while Russia and Ukraine trade disputed attributions for other recent civilian deaths such as the Gelendzhik beach strike.
- Ukraine says large salvos of missiles are depleting its stock of Patriot interceptor rounds, leaving ballistic threats harder to stop and prompting urgent requests to allies for transfers and licences to produce interceptors domestically.
- The reciprocal long‑range campaign is widening the battlefield into Russian territory, raising humanitarian and legal alarms and increasing diplomatic pressure on Western arms suppliers as the conflict’s civilian toll and infrastructure damage mount.