Overview
- Ukrainian officials reported roughly 430 drones and 18 missiles were launched at the capital in an overnight attack that struck in multiple waves across most districts.
- Authorities cited at least four to six people killed in Kyiv and dozens injured, while separate drone strikes in Chornomorsk in the Odesa region killed two more people.
- Around 30 apartment buildings and numerous public facilities were damaged, heating and power were disrupted in parts of the city, and debris struck the Azerbaijani Embassy.
- Ukraine said it retaliated with long‑range strikes that damaged the Sheskharis oil transshipment complex in Novorossiysk and other energy facilities inside Russia, with local officials reporting fires, injuries and a temporary export halt.
- Zelenskyy said air defenses intercepted about 405 drones and 14 missiles, as Russia’s Defense Ministry asserted it hit military‑industrial and energy targets and denied deliberately striking civilians.