Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv Overnight, Injuring 11

Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv overnight, injuring at least 11 people including one child and damaging apartment buildings, offices, and a seminary, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported fires at a transformer substation and a three-story office building, and warned residents to stay in shelters.

According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched six Iskander ballistic missiles, four Kh-59/69 cruise missiles, two Kh-31 anti-radiation missiles, and 121 attack drones. Air defenses intercepted 111 drones and two cruise missiles. The same strikes killed seven people and injured 21 in the Donetsk region on Friday, local authorities said.

Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Omsk and other oil facilities in Saratov, Rostov, Tver, Stavropol, and Krasnodar regions during the week, Zelenskyy said. These attacks have caused fuel shortages and rising prices in Russia and occupied territories, prompting a ban on diesel exports.

“The aggressor has not abandoned its plans for the complete occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.”

week, a similar Russian barrage killed at least 30 people and hit more than 20 sites in Kyiv. The commander-in-chief said a turning point in the war remains a long way off.