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Mass Drone and Missile Barrage Strikes Kyiv, Severing Heat and Power

Poland responded by scrambling jets, closing two regional airports near the border.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported nearly 500 Shahed-type drones and 40 missiles targeting the capital and surrounding districts overnight, with MiG-31K takeoffs signaling Kinzhal-capable launches.
  • Kyiv’s mayor said 19 people were affected with 11 hospitalized, while the regional governor reported a 47-year-old woman killed in the wider Kyiv region.
  • Heating was cut to more than 2,600 residential buildings along with 187 kindergartens, 138 schools and 22 social institutions, and over 320,000 regional customers faced power outages.
  • Poland said it scrambled fighters and temporarily closed the Rzeszow and Lublin airports in response to the cross-border threat environment.
  • Local authorities detailed damage including shattered high-rise windows in Vyshhorod, a fire at a Bucha construction site, hits to production facilities in Boryspil and harm to municipal premises in Obukhiv.