Overnight Russian drone and missile barrage hits Kyiv and Ukraine

A large overnight Russian missile and drone barrage struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions late Saturday into Sunday, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and killing civilians, Ukrainian officials said. The strikes prompted nationwide air raid alerts, widespread antiaircraft fire and emergency responses across multiple oblasts.

Ukrainian authorities described a sustained assault involving hundreds of attack drones and scores of missiles launched from Russian territory and the Russian-occupied Crimea. The Ukrainian Air Force said its forces intercepted or neutralized the majority of the incoming drones and missiles, while Moscow’s defense ministry said its forces struck Ukrainian military-industrial targets and reported downing Ukrainian drones headed toward Russian territory.

City and regional officials reported civilian casualties and significant damage. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said strikes had hit residential buildings, a medical facility and a kindergarten, with damage at more than 20 locations across the capital. City administrator Tymur Tkachenko said the body of a 12-year-old girl was recovered in the Solomianskyi district. Ukrainian statements on the...