Ukrainian officials reported a devastating wave of Russian aerial assaults overnight, resulting in significant civilian casualties and widespread damage across multiple regions. The attacks, which combined ballistic missiles, artillery, and drone strikes, represent one of the most extensive bombardments in recent weeks.
In the eastern Kharkiv region, a residential apartment block in the Kyivsky district suffered catastrophic damage from a ballistic missile impact. Regional military administration head Oleg Synegubov confirmed that the five-story building was nearly obliterated, with an adjacent structure also sustaining substantial damage. Emergency crews recovered five fatalities from the rubble, while ten individuals sustained injuries—including three children aged six, eleven, and seventeen.
Further south in the Dnipropetrovsk region, regional administrator Oleksandr Ganzha reported one civilian killed and another wounded during approximately twenty separate attacks targeting the Nikopol district. The assault employed a combination of drone warfare, artillery barrages, and rocket systems.
The southern Zaporizhzhia region witnessed additional violence as a Russian drone strike injured an infant, according to regional head Ivan Fedorov. Meanwhile, in Chuguiv within the Kharkiv region, Mayor Halyna Minayeva confirmed two civilians were wounded when drones targeted a residential home in the city center.
The coordinated attacks triggered nationwide air raid alerts throughout Ukraine, with the Polish air force subsequently scrambling military aircraft to secure airspace along its Ukrainian border—a standard precautionary measure during large-scale Russian offensive operations.