Overview

• Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 595 drones and decoys plus 48 missiles overnight, with defenses neutralizing 566 drones and 45 missiles.
• Kyiv officials confirmed four deaths, including a 12-year-old girl, and dozens of injuries nationwide as residential buildings, a cardiology center and a kindergarten were damaged.
• Poland deployed fighter jets and put ground-based air defenses on high alert, temporarily restricting airspace near Lublin and Rzeszów as a precaution.
• The barrage followed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s UN warning of a “decisive response” to any aggression, even as Moscow denies plans to attack NATO or responsibility for recent incursions.
• Zelenskyy said a U.S.-made Patriot system supplied via Israel is operating in Ukraine, with two more expected, and touted a major U.S. weapons package as allies advance coordinated air-defense support.