Overview
- Kyiv officials reported at least four dead and at least 24 injured, widespread damage to residential buildings, and major outages that left half the city without heat and 417,000 households without electricity.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 36 missiles and 242 drones, claiming 18 missiles and 226 drones were shot down by air defenses.
- A ballistic projectile traveling about 13,000 km/h struck critical infrastructure in the Lviv region near Poland, with Ukraine investigating the missile type as Russia asserts it used the Oreshnik.
- Moscow described the assault as retaliation for a purported Ukrainian drone attack on a Putin residence, a claim rejected by Kyiv and U.S. officials.
- Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha requested urgent meetings of the UN Security Council and the Ukraine–NATO Council as leaders of France, Germany, and the UK condemned the strike as an unacceptable escalation.