Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 11 on eve of NATO summit, authorities say
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- Russia fired 68 missiles and 351 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing at least 10 people and injuring 46 in Kyiv, according to the city's military administration head Tymur Tkachenko
- One additional person was killed and 10 injured in districts surrounding Kyiv, bringing the total death toll across the capital region to at least 11
- At least 15 buildings were damaged in Kyiv, including four in the capital's historic Podilskyi district, and rescue work is ongoing with the toll expected to rise
- Zelenskyy warned in his Sunday night address that intelligence indicated Russia was 'preparing a new massive strike,' adding that the timing was 'typical of Putin: right after America's Independence Day and before the NATO summit in Ankara'
- Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkiye, which begins Tuesday
- Last week's Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 31 people — the deadliest attack on the capital this year — making this the second large-scale assault in less than a week
- Mikhail Razvozhayev, governor of Russian-controlled Sevastopol in Crimea, said a Ukrainian strike on energy infrastructure near the city temporarily knocked out electricity
- Both Russia and Ukraine have recently expanded their use of long-range weapons, with Ukraine focusing its strikes on Russian energy facilities to weaken war efforts
Why it matters: The strike's timing — hours before Trump and Zelenskyy meet at the NATO summit — forces the diplomatic agenda to confront Russia's escalating campaign, with 41 killed across two Kyiv attacks in less than a week and both sides expanding long-range weapons use in the four-year war.
