Russia launches missile strikes on Kyiv and surrounding region, killing at least eight
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- Russian forces launched overnight missile strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 33, with apartment blocks and warehouses hit in what the State Emergency Service (DSNS) called a "massive attack"
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a children's hospital was damaged with windows broken and cars set ablaze nearby; an industrial centre in the Solomyanskyi district was also hit, and one man was killed in the Brovary district per regional governor Tymur Tkachenko
- The Romanian defence ministry reported a drone crossed into national airspace approximately 13 km east of Galați and crashed in an uninhabited area, while Poland launched "defensive air operations" to protect its own airspace along the shared south-eastern border
- The Russian airstrikes cut power to thousands of properties overnight in the Kyiv region, with technicians racing to repair damaged energy grids
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than a dozen regions were targeted across Ukraine over the past week, with Russia launching 1,550 attack drones, 1,560 guided aerial bombs, and 62 missiles
- Ukraine has escalated its own deep strikes into Russia, including a recent 600-drone barrage on Moscow; since July, Ukraine's defence ministry said it has disabled seven of the 10 largest Wildberries logistics centres
Why it matters: The strikes hit civilian infrastructure — a children's hospital, apartment blocks, the energy grid — with the death toll still climbing as rescue crews continue pulling survivors from rubble. The Romanian drone incursion and Polish air operations show the escalation is now pulling NATO-border states into defensive postures, while Ukraine's parallel deep strikes on Moscow and Wildberries signal a full two-sided intensification with no diplomatic movement in sight.
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