In brief
Ukrainian officials reported nine injuries after overnight Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, with Kyiv’s mayor reporting bridge and energy damage. President Zelensky highlighted 172 drones and 36 missiles used by Russia, while Russia denies and counters with claims of Ukrainian attacks.
Following reports from Kyiv, nine civilians were wounded in a series of overnight Russian airstrikes on the capital, the Ukrainian government said, as Moscow and Kyiv trade accusations over the attacks.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) said in a Telegram statement that the strikes damaged an unspecified number of residential buildings, a kindergarten, and a non‑residential building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, and that the number of injuries had risen to six.
Initially reporting that three people were injured due to the strikes, the DSNS later updated the number of injuries to six.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said the city’s energy supply was severely affected and that the Pivnichnyi Bridge had been damaged, closing the northern bridge to traffic for assessments.
The energy supply situation in the capital is extremely difficult, which has also affected the operation of the city’s heating and water supply systems. Energy workers and municipal crews are working to restore services for the city's residents.
Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi Bridge was damaged during the overnight attack, adding that traffic across the northern bridge has been closed while specialists are assessing the extent of the damage.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X that nine people were injured and that Russia had used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles during the strikes.
I say in X, there were nine injured people and Russia used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles during the attacks.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, said one person was killed in the broader region surrounding the capital and that twelve other regions also came under attack, including five districts within Kyiv.
One person was killed in the broader region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following strikes that targeted five districts.
Russian authorities – through their official channels – claimed that Ukrainian attacks damaged residential infrastructure, warehouses and production facilities in multiple regions.
The strikes come amid heightened tensions ahead of US‑mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi, as both sides continue to accuse each other of targeting civilian infrastructure.
