Overview
- A mass combined missile and attack-drone assault struck Ukraine on Sunday night, with Kyiv a principal target and strikes recorded across Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy and other areas.
- Ukraine’s air-defence and air forces reported destroying large shares of the attack, counting dozens of intercepted ballistic and cruise-type rockets and scores of downed attack drones.
- The strikes caused confirmed civilian deaths and dozens to hundreds of injuries, damaged homes, transport hubs and utilities in multiple regions and left rescue services working at numerous impact sites.
- Front-line combat remained intense on eastern axes, with Ukrainian commanders reporting hundreds of engagements and successfully repelling dozens of Russian ground assault attempts on directions including Pokrovsk, Slovyansk and Lyman.
- Ukrainian forces said they responded with targeted strikes that damaged a railway bridge in occupied Donetsk, struck UAV control nodes inside Russia and hit several tankers at sea to disrupt Russian logistics and fuel supplies.