Major Russian drone, missile attack hits Ukraine, Kyiv, causing casualties

At least nine people have been reported injured as Russia launched a major drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital and the surrounding region.

An air raid alert was in place over the Kyiv region early on Sunday, with the local military administration saying Russia was attacking with drones and missiles.
Some Kyiv residents fled to metro stations deep underground for safety. The attack was continuing on Sunday morning.

Many regions across the country were also under air raid alert, while neighbouring Poland closed airspace near two of its southeastern cities and its air force and allied forces scrambled jets in response.

In a statement posted on X, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia had fired “hundreds of drones and missiles” overnight.

He said the strikes destroyed residential buildings and “(caused) civilian casualties”.

“We must maximise the cost of further escalation for Russia,” he said.

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of the city of Kyiv, said the Ukrainian capital was under a “massive” assault and urged people to stay in shelters.

“In total, there are five injured,” Klitschko said on the Telegram social media platform, adding that they had been hospitalised.
An independent monitor described the attack on Kyiv as one of the biggest Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital and the surrounding region since the full-scale war began.

Kyiv Post reported that the total number of aerial targets is still being assessed, but described the latest Russia attack as “one of the heaviest they had ever witnessed”.