Kyiv Reels After Massive Russian Attack
Russia launched one of its heaviest missile-and-drone barrages of the war, killing civilians in Kyiv and renewing Ukraine’s urgent calls for air defence.
Kyiv woke Thursday to smoke, shattered buildings and a rising death toll after Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s capital and other regions overnight. Reuters reported that Moscow said it would keep increasing pressure on Ukraine after the heavy strike, while AP described an 11-hour assault that sent tens of thousands of residents into subway shelters.
The attack underscored the war’s brutal pattern: Russia intensifies long-range strikes on cities, Ukraine expands drone attacks on Russian fuel and military infrastructure, and civilians remain trapped between the two. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government again pressed allies for more Patriot batteries and other air-defence systems, arguing that delayed deliveries are now measured in lives.
