Russian Missile, Drone Barrage Kills 10 in Kyiv
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- Russia launched waves of ballistic and cruise missiles along with drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 46 others, according to local officials cited in the article.
- Strikes hit residential high-rises in two Kyiv districts — a building partially collapsed in Podilskyi, while several multistory buildings were damaged in Darnytsia, where people were believed trapped under rubble.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned hours before the attack that another large-scale Russian strike was imminent, and renewed calls for Western partners to supply more Patriot missiles to bolster Ukraine's air defenses.
- Monday's assault came days after a combined Russian attack killed at least 31 people in Kyiv the previous week, making it the second major strike on the capital in days.
- Emergency crews combed through rubble at the strike sites as civilians sheltered in Kyiv's metro stations during explosions that echoed across the city.
- Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's City Military Administration, said in a Telegram post that the targeted buildings were "places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives," underscoring the civilian toll.
Why it matters: The second major Russian barrage in a week killed sleeping residents across two Kyiv districts, on top of last week's 31 dead in the capital; Zelenskyy publicly named Patriot missiles as the exact air-defense shortfall, putting Western capitals on the spot over a specific weapons system rather than a general appeal.