Overview

• Ukraine’s air force reported more than 800 drones and 13 missiles were launched overnight, with at least 747 drones and four missiles intercepted.
• Kyiv’s Cabinet of Ministers building sustained roof and upper-floor damage and caught fire, marking the first strike on a central government headquarters in the capital.
• Authorities reported at least four deaths and more than 44 injuries nationwide, with casualties in Kyiv and damage across cities including Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia.
• Ukrainian officials said preliminary data indicated some drones crossed from Belarus, while Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed it hit only military targets and denied strikes on other Kyiv sites.
• The attack followed a Paris pledge by 26 allies to provide postwar security guarantees and Putin’s warning that any Western troops in Ukraine during fighting would be legitimate targets, as Kyiv and European leaders push for added air-defense systems and tougher sanctions.