Russia Attacks Kyiv with Drones and Missiles, Killing Two
Quick Look
- Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least two people and injuring scores.
- Ukraine's air force reported the use of approximately 600 drones and 30 missiles, including a hypersonic Oreshnik missile.
- President Zelenskyy condemned the targeting of residential buildings and cultural sites, warning of a global precedent.
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Why It Matters
Russia launched a significant drone and missile attack on Kyiv, resulting in casualties and damage to infrastructure. This attack follows Ukrainian intelligence warnings and comes after Russian President Putin accused Ukraine of a deadly strike in Luhansk and ordered retaliatory measures.
Russia’s military pummeled Kyiv overnight with large-scale drone and missile attack that killed at least two people and injured scores of others, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
Moscow’s forces used some 600 drones and 30 missiles, including at least one Oreshnik, a powerful hypersonic ballistic missile that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, Ukraine’s air force said.
“The largest number of missiles was directed at the capital — at ordinary residential buildings, at schools,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X.
“The Russian strike effectively destroyed the Chornobyl Museum, damaged the National Art Museum and the building housing the office of Germany’s ARD,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukrainian intelligence services had warned of an attack using Oreshnik missiles on Friday, Zelenskyy said in another post. “The use of such weapons … also sets a global precedent for other potential aggressors,” he warned.
The attack on Kyiv came after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of carrying out an attack on student dormitory in Luhansk, in occupied eastern Ukraine, in which 18 people died. Putin ordered the Russian military to prepare “proposals” on how to retaliate.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Russia will likely implement retaliatory measures against Ukraine.
Very likely · Within days
There will be international condemnation of Russia's attack and the use of hypersonic missiles.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What is the full extent of the damage to residential buildings and cultural sites in Kyiv?
- What specific 'proposals' for retaliation has the Russian military prepared?
- What is the international community's response to the use of hypersonic missiles and the targeting of civilian areas?
- Will the use of Oreshnik missiles set a global precedent as warned by President Zelenskyy?
