At least 11 people, including one child, were injured during an overnight Russian missile bombardment of Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The attack caused significant damage to residential apartment buildings, offices, and a local seminary, triggering fires across several districts of the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko utilized Telegram to update residents, urging them to remain in bomb shelters as the city faced ballistic missile threats. Klitschko detailed that a non-residential building was struck in the Sviatoshynskyi district, a transformer substation caught fire in the Darnytskyi district, and a three-story office building was set ablaze in the Solomianskyi area.
Data from the Ukrainian air force indicates that the overnight barrage involved six Iskander ballistic missiles, four Kh-59/69 cruise missiles, two Kh-31 anti-radiation missiles, and 121 attack drones. Preliminary reports suggest that local air defenses successfully intercepted 111 of the drones and two of the Kh-59/69 missiles. This latest assault follows a massive campaign last week that utilized 570 air attack assets—including Zircon missiles, Iskander ballistic missiles, and hundreds of Shahed-type drones—resulting in at least 30 deaths and damage to more than 20 sites.
Outside of the capital, the regional situation remains volatile, with Russian strikes in the eastern Donetsk region claiming seven lives and injuring 21 people on Friday. In response, Ukraine has escalated efforts to disrupt Russia’s energy sector by targeting oil refineries, depots, and terminals. President Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian forces recently struck an oil refinery in Omsk, as well as facilities across the Saratov, Rostov, Tver, Stavropol, and Krasnodar regions.
These retaliatory strikes have contributed to a fuel crisis within Russia and occupied territories, marked by rising prices and long queues at petrol stations, prompting Moscow to implement a ban on diesel exports. Despite these tactical successes, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief cautioned that a decisive turning point in the war remains distant. He noted that Russian forces continue to prioritize the full occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions while seeking to expand offensive operations into the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and establish a buffer zone in Ukraine’s northern territories.
In response to Russia's attacks, Kyiv has been targeting Moscow's energy industry, carrying out strikes on oil facilities such as refineries, depots, and terminals in an effort to hamper one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most critical sources of state income.
