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Russia Launches Massive Drone-and-Missile Barrage on Ukraine With Kyiv as Primary Target

Ukraine says Russia is using drone swarms to exhaust air defenses before missile strikes on energy and industrial sites.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Air Force reported 56 missiles and 675 drones launched in the latest assault, and said defenders downed 41 missiles and 652 drones.
  • In Kyiv, strikes damaged apartment blocks and other sites, left one person dead and more than 30 injured, and caused water supply problems on the left bank.
  • Other regions reported significant damage, including port equipment hit in Odesa that injured two people, a power facility struck near Chernihiv that cut electricity for over 31,000 customers, and at least nine injuries in Kharkiv.
  • Military intelligence described a phased campaign that floods the sky with drones to overload air defenses, followed by cruise and ballistic missiles aimed at power grids and arms plants.
  • Hungary summoned Russia’s ambassador to protest drone strikes in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, signaling wider diplomatic fallout from the escalating air campaign.