Overview
- Kyiv officials said a combined missile-and-drone attack on Tuesday killed two people and injured seven and caused fires and structural damage across at least five districts.
- Rescue teams reported blasts that damaged high-rise and low-rise residential buildings, a school and warehouses and they evacuated people trapped by blast damage and fires.
- Russian regions reported reciprocal drone attacks earlier in the week that set fires at major refineries in Ryazan and Perm and damaged apartment blocks with at least one death in Perm.
- Both sides released large and conflicting tallies of drones and missiles launched and intercepted, with the Russian Ministry of Defense claiming hundreds of drones downed while Ukrainian sources reported many Russian missiles and drones shot down around Kyiv.
- The strikes fit a months-long pattern of targeting fuel, transport and defence-industry sites which could deepen civilian harm, disrupt fuel supplies and complicate diplomatic efforts to reduce attacks.