Overview
- Ukrainian officials said Russia launched a large overnight air attack that triggered explosions in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and the port city of Izmail.
- Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko reported air defenses in action and urged residents to stay in shelters during the strikes.
- Local authorities reported at least two people killed in Kyiv and at least 13 wounded in Zaporizhzhia, with fires and building damage noted.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said a combined missile‑and‑air operation, including Storm Shadow missiles, targeted a ‘key’ chemical plant in Russia’s Bryansk region.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Bryansk, while Ukraine also reported blackouts in Izmail and emergency power cuts in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions; Zelensky is set to visit Sweden for a defense‑exports announcement and the White House signaled no immediate plans for a Putin–Trump meeting.