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Overnight Russian Strikes Kill at Least Three Across Ukraine

Moscow mixes sweeping air‑defense claims with hints of impending diplomacy.

Overview

  • Local officials report one person killed and ten injured in Kyiv after nighttime missile and drone attacks that damaged homes and sparked fires.
  • Regional authorities in Dnipropetrovsk say two people were killed and seven wounded in separate strikes, bringing the known death toll to at least three nationwide.
  • Kyiv’s mayor and the city’s military administration urged residents to stay in shelters as emergency crews responded to debris, shattered windows and a crater near a residential building.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its air defenses downed 121 Ukrainian drones across numerous regions, a figure reported by state media but not independently verified.
  • Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev told CNN that Russia, the United States and Ukraine are “reasonably close” to a diplomatic solution, as President Vladimir Putin warned of a very strong response if Tomahawk missiles strike Russian territory.