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Russia Mounts Overnight Drone and Missile Barrage Across Ukraine as Poland Scrambles Jets

Poland elevated air defenses after strikes near its border.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported nationwide air-raid alerts as its air defenses said they shot down 73 attacking drones.
  • Zaporizhzhia was hit by at least 10 drones and guided bombs, leaving one person dead, several injured, and causing water and power outages, according to regional authorities.
  • Lviv’s mayor reported incoming rockets and intense air-defense fire, with parts of the city losing electricity and public transport initially halted.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky said shelling struck a railway station in Shostka in the Sumy region, causing many injuries and one death.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia also launched Kalibr cruise missiles from Tu-95 bombers and fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles from MiG-31 jets, while Poland put jets in the air and raised ground defenses without reporting any airspace violation.