At least 11 people were reported killed in overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged claims over a new wave of missile and drone attacks.
Ukrainian authorities said two people were killed in Kyiv, where ballistic missiles struck the capital and caused damage in the Podilskyi and Darnytskyi districts. One missile reportedly hit a non-residential building, while another sparked a fire at a garage complex.
The heaviest reported casualties were in Pryluky in the Chernihiv region, where Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said a missile struck an apartment building, killing at least five people and injuring 25.
Two more people were reported killed and seven injured in the Poltava region, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said another two people died in Oleksandriya in the Kirovohrad region. Authorities also reported injuries and damage to buildings and an industrial facility in Dnipropetrovsk.
Zelenskyy said Russia launched 70 missiles, many of them ballistic, as well as Shahed-type drones, describing energy infrastructure as one of the main targets. He said Ukraine urgently needed additional air-defence capabilities, particularly against ballistic missiles.
Ukraine’s Air Force claimed its defences intercepted 117 of 130 attack drones and 44 ballistic and cruise missiles launched overnight.
Russia’s Defence Ministry, meanwhile, said it had carried out a “massive strike” against what it described as Ukrainian military-industrial facilities in Kyiv and several other regions.
Moscow also claimed its air defences destroyed 311 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Russian-annexed Crimea.
Russian regional officials reported several casualties and infrastructure disruptions from Ukrainian attacks. Seven people were reportedly injured in Belgorod, while falling debris damaged a power line in Voronezh, temporarily cutting electricity to several villages. Russian-installed authorities in occupied parts of Donetsk also reported three injuries from a Ukrainian drone attack.
Zelenskyy separately said Ukrainian forces had struck four targets supporting Russia’s ability to “finance and wage its brutal war,” including two oil facilities and a training ground in Russia’s Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions.
Both sides have intensified long-range attacks on energy, logistics and other infrastructure in recent months. Many battlefield and interception claims from either side cannot be independently verified amid the continuing war.