Overview
- Kyiv authorities reported drones struck nine sites across five districts overnight, killing a man and injuring 11 people, including women and a child.
- Mayor Vitaly Klitschko urged residents to remain in shelters as blasts damaged high‑rise residential buildings, single houses and vehicles.
- The Kyiv military administration condemned what it called a cynical terrorist attack and detailed an ongoing emergency response across the city.
- Russia's Defence Ministry, via TASS, said its air defenses shot down 103 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over multiple regions during the same night.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed chief of staff Andriy Yermak following a corruption raid on his home, and two senior Ukrainian officials said Rustem Umerov will lead the planned U.S. talks.