Overview
- The overnight attack on Kyiv and surrounding districts on Wednesday used roughly 24 ballistic missiles, four cruise or hypersonic missiles and about 115 drones, Ukrainian officials said.
- Ukraine reported that none of the ballistic missiles were intercepted while air defences shot down most drones, and rescue teams pulled people from rubble as casualty counts remained subject to change.
- The barrage damaged civilian warehouses, a rail station and major logistics hubs including facilities owned by Epicentr and Nova Poshta, with companies reporting deaths among staff and large fires.
- Kyiv responded with long‑range drone strikes inside Russia that hit a Wildberries warehouse in the Tula region, reflecting an escalating campaign against each side’s logistics and commercial nodes.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed urgent appeals for immediate Patriot interceptor deliveries and for licences to produce interceptors in Ukraine, arguing shortages directly cost lives while independent verification of some target claims remains limited.