Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least eight in Ukraine
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- Russian forces struck at least seven Ukrainian regions with missiles and drones, killing 8 and wounding 34, according to Ukrainian authorities
- Dnipro took the heaviest hit — at least 5 killed and 28 wounded — including a 13-year-old girl, with victims suffering traumatic brain injuries, shrapnel wounds, fractures, and blast trauma
- Zaporizhzhia drone attack killed 3 and injured 6, including a child; the city sits 30km from the front line in a region Russia claims as annexed
- Zelenskyy condemned the "horrific attacks" and urged allies to boost Ukraine's air defences
- Putin rejected Ukraine's proposal to halt long-range strikes and confine fighting to four regions, reaffirming Moscow's unchanged 2024 demands: Kyiv must withdraw from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia and publicly drop its NATO bid
- The Kremlin said Russia's peace-deal position has not changed since 2024, dismissing any scaling-back of the conflict
Why it matters: The strikes hit at least seven regions with a child among the dead in Dnipro, while Putin simultaneously rejected Ukraine's offer to halt long-range strikes and confine combat to four oblasts — confirming Moscow's maximalist position is unchanged since 2024 despite battlefield setbacks.
