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Russian Night Barrage Hits Ukrainian Cities as Air Defenses Down Most Threats

High interception rates still left deadly strikes in several cities.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Air Forces said Russia launched a large mixed attack using 12 ballistic missiles, 35 cruise missiles, and 619 attack drones, and reported shooting down or suppressing 30 missiles and 580 drones.
  • In Dnipro, a four-story apartment building was partly destroyed, with at least four people killed and more than 20 injured as rescue crews worked through the rubble.
  • Beyond Dnipro, a rocket strike in Nizhyn killed two people and wounded at least seven, and a drone hit a passenger minibus near Yurkovka in Zaporizhzhia district, killing one and injuring four.
  • Odesa faced strike drones that injured two people and damaged homes and port facilities, raising concerns for shipping routes that move exports through the Black Sea.
  • Officials said eight regions came under attack and reported more than 30 people injured nationwide, including four in Kharkiv where one victim was a one-and-a-half-year-old child.