Russian Strikes Kill at Least 22 Civilians Across Ukraine

Russian missiles and drones struck multiple Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 civilians and injuring more than 100, authorities said Tuesday. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched at least 656 drones and 73 missiles between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Air defenses intercepted 40 missiles and 602 drones, but 38 sites were hit, with Kyiv the main target.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four people were killed and at least 58 others, including two children, were wounded in the capital. The attack cut electricity to 140,000 residents; utility crews restored service to 110,000. In Dnipro, at least nine people died, including one child, when a four-story apartment building collapsed.

Officials said several people remained unaccounted for under the rubble.

Zelenskyy called the attack "a brutal strike" and confirmed 130 people were injured. He said the current level of air-defense supplies does not allow interception of a significant share of incoming missiles. Zelenskyy wrote that Europe needs its own anti-ballistic defense systems and that U.S. supplies of Patriot missiles remain necessary.

Russia's military said it carried out a "massive strike" on Ukraine's military-industrial complex using hypersonic missiles. Moscow claimed residential buildings were not targeted. A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person in Russia's Kursk region, and another drone caused a fire at an oil refinery in Krasnodar, according to regional officials.