Overview

• President Volodímir Zelenski said Russia launched nearly 500 attack drones and more than 40 missiles overnight, with at least four people killed in Kyiv and dozens wounded nationwide.
• Kyiv officials reported damage to residential blocks and civic sites, including the city’s Institute of Cardiology, and described the assault as intended to terrorize urban populations.
• Poland activated air defenses, deployed fighters and temporarily restricted airspace near Rzeszów and Lublin as a preventive step linked to Russia’s long‑range strikes on Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s Air Force said it recently downed 97 of 115 Russian drones in a separate night attack, while NATO states reported incursions and incidents from Estonia to Denmark during a broader phase of hybrid pressure.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed new gains in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine reported a drone strike on a petroleum facility in Russia’s Chuvashia, and Sergei Lavrov warned of a “decisive response” to any aggression while denying plans to target NATO countries.