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Russia Launches Massive Drone-Missile Barrage Across Ukraine

Kyiv says only faster air-defense deliveries can blunt the repeated strikes on cities and infrastructure.

Overview

  • Ukrainian officials reported an overnight nationwide assault involving more than 50 missiles and roughly 500 attack drones, with multiple fatalities and injuries across several regions.
  • Lviv suffered some of the heaviest damage, with authorities reporting at least four deaths, widespread power outages and fires after strikes on energy facilities.
  • A Russian drone hit the Shostka railway station in Sumy, killing one person and injuring about 30, as Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of a deliberate two‑strike tactic targeting rescuers.
  • Poland scrambled fighter jets and raised ground-based air defenses to maximum readiness to protect its airspace after strikes near the Ukrainian border.
  • Ukraine carried out cross-border attacks that hit the Kinef oil refinery in Kirishi in Russia’s Leningrad region, where the governor confirmed an industrial-area fire and air defenses engaging drones.