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Russia Launches Overnight Mass Drone-and-Missile Barrage Across Ukraine

Kyiv urges faster air-defense support after lethal strikes that caused widespread outages.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported shooting down 73 attack drones as Russian forces combined swarms with cruise missiles, guided bombs and rockets.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 50 missiles and roughly 500 drones were used in the assault targeting multiple regions.
  • Officials reported at least five deaths, including four in Lviv and one in Zaporizhzhia, with dozens injured and emergency repairs under way.
  • An industrial park in Lviv caught fire during the strikes, the mayor said there were no military targets on the site, and parts of the city lost power and transit service.
  • Poland scrambled its own and allied jets and raised air defenses, later reporting no airspace violation as operations returned to normal with Dutch F-35s credited for support.