Russia Hits Kyiv and Other Ukrainian Regions with Missiles and Drones

Russian forces struck Ukraine with a series of missile and drone attacks over several nights last week, hitting Kyiv and multiple regions and causing deaths, injuries and damage to civilian buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian and Russian officials said. The assaults began in the early hours of Oct. 25 with a ballistic missile threat to Kyiv and continued into Oct. 26 and 27 with large drone barrages that both sides said their air defenses engaged.

Ukrainian authorities said explosions were heard in Kyiv shortly before 4 a.m. on Oct. 25 as air raid alerts were activated nationwide. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported fires and damage in the Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, including to a kindergarten and several residential buildings. Assessments of casualties were still being updated; emergency services and local officials gave varying preliminary figures as they worked at multiple sites across the city.

The following night, Kyiv endured another heavy attack involving dozens of strike drones. City officials said three people were killed and 29 wounded in Kyiv after drones...