At least 11 killed as Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine — SkimNews
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- Russia launched 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, with Ukrainian air defense downing 161 targets, according to Ukraine's air force
- Zelenskyy said at least 11 people were killed, including five when a missile struck a five-storey residential building in Pryluki in the northern Chernihiv region, with 20 wounded and fears of more buried under rubble
- Energy infrastructure was a key Russian target, with attacks hitting Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv alongside residential buildings, industrial facilities, and port/ship-repair infrastructure in the Odesa region
- Russia's Ministry of Defence said it specifically targeted Fire Point's Flamingo cruise missile and drone production sites across multiple regions, calling the barrage a 'massive strike' on military-industrial facilities
- Ukraine struck four Russian targets in the past 24 hours in response, including two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions, which Zelenskyy called a 'just' response to Moscow's strikes
Why it matters: Russia explicitly named Fire Point's Flamingo cruise missile production among its targets, signaling an effort to preemptively destroy Ukraine's emerging indigenous long-range weapons capacity, not merely punish civilians through energy strikes. The choice of targets across at least seven regions, from the Chernihiv residential block to Odesa port infrastructure, shows Moscow widening its assault to degrade Ukraine's ability to both defend and produce weapons at home.
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