Overview
- Russia resumed near‑continuous missile and drone attacks on Tuesday, killing at least a dozen civilians and injuring dozens more across Kyiv, Odesa, Kherson and other regions.
- The strikes heavily damaged housing, schools, markets, warehouses and transport nodes in Kyiv and elsewhere and forced temporary closure of the Starokozache Ukraine–Moldova border crossing after a drone strike killed two people.
- Ukraine reported retaliatory long‑range drone strikes on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk that Russian officials said killed four people and wounded dozens.
- Both sides released large interception tallies for the recent raids, with Ukraine saying air defenses shot down many cruise missiles and drones but warning ballistic missiles remain hard to stop because interceptor stocks are critically low.
- U.S. envoys' weekend visits to Moscow and Kyiv secured a short truce that expired before the attacks resumed, and Kyiv is pressing partners for more interceptors ahead of winter as neighboring countries warn of rising cross‑border risks.