Russian Missiles Kill 19 Across Ukraine Overnight — SkimNews
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- Russia launched missiles and drones at Kyiv and at least 12 other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing 19 civilians including four children and injuring around 60, Ukrainian officials said.
- Pryluky apartment block in the northern Chernihiv region was destroyed by a Russian strike, killing 13 people including four children and wounding about 50, according to Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi; additional deaths were reported in three other cities including Kyiv.
- President Zelenskyy said Ukraine was searching worldwide for Patriot missiles, in short supply 'because of the war in Iran,' and called Russian ballistic missiles 'the greatest challenge' to Ukraine's defence.
- Russia's Defence Ministry said the overnight barrage targeted industrial facilities involved in missile and drone production and storage, as well as port and ship repair facilities in the Odesa region and ships carrying military cargo.
- Ukraine struck back at Russian territory, hitting two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions, while Zelenskyy posted unverified images of a burning oil tanker near Sochi that he attributed to Ukrainian sea drones.
- US-led peace efforts appeared unlikely to deliver immediate relief, with the article noting that only the possibility of low-level technical talks remained under discussion as the long-range air war continued more than four-and-a-half years into the invasion.
Why it matters: Russia explicitly framed the overnight barrage as striking military-industrial and port infrastructure, yet it destroyed a residential apartment block in Pryluky, killing 13 including four children. The Patriot shortage Zelenskyy flagged — caused by diversion to the Iran conflict — directly limits Ukraine's ability to intercept the ballistic missiles he calls his country's greatest threat, and US-led diplomacy remains stuck at preliminary technical talks.
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