Overview
- Ukrainian officials reported a large Russian missile-and-drone assault that set off air-raid alerts across Kyiv and damaged residential and commercial sites in Borispil.
- Casualty counts differ between agencies with city authorities reporting at least four dead while the State Emergency Service and Ukrzaliznytsia put the toll at about 11, including six railway workers.
- The attack struck rail infrastructure and logistics targets, increasing concerns that Moscow is focusing on energy and transport nodes to weaken Ukraine's supply and civilian resilience.
- Ukraine says its air defenses are strained by a shortage of interceptor missiles, notably Patriot interceptors, a gap officials attribute to the reallocation of supplies because of the Middle East war.
- Officials in Kyiv have called on partners for more air-defense weapons and for tougher economic measures against Russia, including new U.S. secondary-sanctions authorities and use of frozen assets to help Ukraine recover.