In brief
Russian forces carried out a rocket barrage over Kyiv late Thursday, causing eight confirmed casualties and severe damage to residential and industrial sites. Rescue teams battled rubble to free trapped survivors, while power lines were knocked out, plunging parts of the city into darkness. Romania reported an incoming drone that drifted into its airspace, prompting a siren warning. Polish air defence also went on alert, and Ukrainian officials warned residents to seek shelter as missiles travelled toward the capital. The incident underscores the pervasive civilian risks in the ongoing conflict.
A desperate night for Kyiv—Russian missiles launched from the north targeted apartment blocks and warehouses, casualties spiked, and power grids collapsed across the region. Eight people were confirmed dead, while 33 others sustained injuries.
Emergency teams rushed to shovel rubble, extracting two survivors still trapped beneath broken façades. The Ukrainian state emergency service urges all residents to find immediate shelter as more warnings ring out.
Adjacent Romania noted an unmanned drone that drifted into its airspace near Galați, triggering a siren but ending without harm after it crashed in an unpopulated zone. Polish forces escalated defensive air operations, sharing a border security link with Ukraine.
The parliamentary leader, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed that a children’s hospital sustained damage; windows shattered and nearby cars ignited as artillery fire broke through. An industrial centre in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district was also struck, intensifying fears of chemical hazards.
The strike is part of a pattern: Ukraine’s military has amplified deeper attacks into Russian territory in recent weeks, targeting key logistical hubs such as Wildberries’ warehouses. However, diplomatic attempts at ceasing hostilities remain stalled as both sides accuse each other of civilian persecution.
With a permanent war over one and a half years, the continued missile bombardment threatens to cause an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, calling for urgent global intervention.
