Overview
- A large overnight Russian missile and drone assault on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least 16 people and damaged housing, a children's hospital and logistics hubs.
- A daytime 'double‑wave' drone strike on a crowded shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih on Friday left roughly 15–16 dead and about 100–130 injured as rescue teams continued searching for missing people.
- Ukrainian officials say the second wave was timed to hit rescuers and have called the mall attack a terrorist act while Russia insists it struck military‑industrial and logistics targets.
- Kyiv is pressing allies to replenish Patriot interceptor missiles because stocks are strained, and neighbouring NATO states reported scrambled jets and cross‑border drone incidents.
- The raids further damaged ports and supply lines that affect Ukraine's grain exports and will shape talks at the allied meeting scheduled around Ukraine's Independence Day.