Overview
- Ukrainian forces say Russian forces launched a combined strike overnight Tuesday that included about 24 ballistic missiles, four "Zircon/Oniks" cruise missiles and roughly 115 attack drones directed mainly at Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast.
- Officials report at least 17 people killed in Kyiv and the surrounding region and dozens more wounded, with major fires and damage at multiple logistics and retail sites including sorting centers and warehouses.
- Ukraine’s air defenses shot down and suppressed many incoming drones—official counts note roughly 98 drones destroyed or neutralized—but commanders say no ballistic missiles were intercepted during the strike.
- The attack came as frontline fighting remains intense, with the General Staff reporting hundreds of combat engagements, massive daily drone use across sectors and separate waves of heavy strikes in regions such as Zaporizhzhia.
- Government and business leaders have opened criminal and damage investigations, begun emergency continuity planning, and pressed international partners to speed delivery of anti‑ballistic interceptors and tighten sanctions on ballistic missile supply chains.