Overview
- Russian forces launched a large missile-and-drone assault that struck Kyiv and the surrounding region on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, with one strike hitting a Kyiv train station.
- Ukraine responded with long-range drone strikes inside Russia the same week, including an attack that set fire to a Yaroslavl refinery and strikes on multiple Wildberries logistics centers.
- Both militaries reported huge drone volumes and missile types in the exchanges, with Ukrainian officials saying about 24 Iskander-M and S-400‑launched projectiles plus four Tsirkon missiles and roughly 115 drones were used in the Kyiv attack.
- Moscow says it shot down or diverted hundreds of Ukrainian drones across many regions, and President Putin ordered a new rear-defense service while the Defense Ministry announced senior reassignments.
- The FSB has detained officials and businessmen over an alleged fraudulent domestic drone procurement that Russian reports say left defenses short, a probe that Russian authorities link to the recent operational failures.