Russia Launches Overnight Missile and Drone Barrages Across Ukraine

Overview

• Officials reported at least four people killed and about 20 wounded nationwide, with lethal strikes in Dnipropetrovsk and fires and residential damage in Kyiv, including a kindergarten.
• Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles and roughly 64 attack drones overnight, and reported shooting down four missiles and 50 of 62–64 drones.
• Kyiv said power grids, rail lines and homes were hit in cities including Dnipro, Kharkiv and Sumy, while Russia’s defense ministry claimed it targeted defense-industrial facilities and supporting energy sites.
• Moscow’s defense ministry said its forces downed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight, including seven headed toward the capital region, after a separate strike near Moscow injured four adults and a child in Krasnogorsk.
• The escalation follows a Russian drone attack in Kramatorsk that killed Freedom TV journalists Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin and injured Oleksandr Kolychev, an incident Ukraine says warrants a war-crimes probe.