Overview

• Prime Minister Ioulia Svyrydenko said the roof and upper floors of the Cabinet of Ministers building were damaged and on fire as emergency crews battled the blaze.
• Rescue services reported at least two dead and 18 wounded in Kyiv, with nationwide fatalities reaching at least five in the overnight attacks.
• Ukraine's air force described a record-scale strike, reporting more than 800 missiles launched and saying 747 drones and four missiles were intercepted.
• Regional authorities reported additional deaths in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy, where a nine-year-old child was among the injured.
• Air-raid alerts sounded across the country as drones and missiles damaged residential buildings in the capital, and helicopters were seen dropping water on the government complex.