Five killed as Russia launches fresh aerial attacks across Ukraine
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- Zelenskyy said Russia attacked 13 Ukrainian regions this week with more than 1,550 attack drones, nearly 1,560 guided aerial bombs, and 62 missiles, killing at least five and injuring more than 10.
- Russian strikes killed a 44-year-old man recovered from rubble in Kryvyi Rih, two people in their 60s when a house was destroyed in Zaporizhzhia, and injured at least six in Kyiv including a child, per Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
- Ukraine launched roughly 822 drones at Russia, according to Moscow's defence ministry, with about 600 aimed at the capital overnight; three people were injured and a Wildberries warehouse in Koledino, 25km from central Moscow, was set ablaze.
- Russia said its overnight strikes on Kyiv targeted a FirePoint facility producing parts for Ukrainian Flamingo missiles and a drone-components factory, plus the Kremenchuk oil refinery and a Kryvyi Rih steelworks it said made weapons components.
- Romania scrambled a Spanish F-18 on NATO duty to shoot down a drone that entered its airspace from Moldova near the Ukrainian border at 05:01 local time on Sunday, with debris falling in an unpopulated area of Galati region.
- The article frames the conflict as "predominantly an aerial one," with ground forces making only marginal gains along a long front line as both sides use missiles and drones to degrade each other's warfighting capacity.
Why it matters: The war has crossed into NATO airspace: a Spanish fighter on NATO duty shot down a drone that flew into Romania from Moldova, proving the frontline is no longer geographic. Zelenskyy's tally of 1,550+ drones and 62 missiles against 13 regions this week shows Russia is sustaining a high-tempo bombardment campaign while Ukraine retaliates by hitting logistics hubs deep inside Russia — including a Wildberries warehouse near Moscow that has been repeatedly targeted since July.
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