Overview
- Ukrainian officials said a daytime Russian drone strike hit the Boryspil district of Kyiv on Thursday, injuring at least one person and damaging warehouses that sent up large plumes of black smoke.
- The Ukrainian Air Force reported that overnight, Russia launched a combined drones-and-missiles assault across several regions, prompting repeated air-raid alerts and active air-defense responses.
- AFP journalists in Kyiv heard multiple explosions in the morning and emergency services were on the scene in Boryspil to fight fires and assist the wounded.
- Recent high-level moves have sharpened tensions: U.S. media reported a clandestine CIA director visit to Moscow and Russian officials publicly warned they could strike British military targets in Ukraine, while Valery Gerasimov visited Russian troops in occupied Donetsk.
- The pattern of more frequent daytime long-range strikes, which now target energy sites, warehouses and ports, increases civilian danger and could push Ukraine to further bolster air defenses and change how goods and aid are stored and moved.