Russia Launches Deadly Strikes on Kyiv Amid Nationwide Assault Across Ukraine

Russian forces launched widespread, deadly strikes across Ukraine overnight, with Kyiv among the hardest hit.

“A critic identified as Kucherenko sharply attacked a proposed deal that would have Washington recognize Crimea and parts of Luhansk and Donetsk as “de facto Russian”

Al Jazeera

Residential areas and energy infrastructure were struck, and parts of the capital lost water, electricity and heating.

Al Jazeera

Officials in Kyiv reported multiple fatalities and injuries amid fires and building damage.

Authorities on both sides reported heavy drone and missile activity.

The Herald Series reported at least six people were killed in Kyiv, two in Dniprovskyi and four in Svyatoshynyi.

France 24 said Russia launched a large overnight attack on Kyiv involving 22 missiles and more than 460 drones, and Ukraine reported at least seven deaths.

CNN noted that missile and drone strikes across Kyiv and other regions caused civilian deaths, injuries and damage to residential buildings and infrastructure.

The strikes caused significant civilian hardship, with apartment blocks burning and residents sheltering in metro stations.

Utilities were knocked out in parts of Kyiv, prompting local emergency and rescue operations.

Al Jazeera

Reports described fires and rescues in multi-story blocks and injuries, including children.

Outages to power, water and heating compounded the humanitarian impact during cold-weather periods.

Ukrainian forces also struck targets inside Russia, with multiple sources reporting a Ukrainian drone attack that killed several people in Russia's southern regions and prompting Russian statements that its air defenses shot down a very large number of Ukrainian drones overnight.

“Diplomatic talks continued even as overnight strikes hit Ukraine — causing fires and evacuations in Kyiv high‑rises, damage to energy infrastructure, and Kyiv reporting 22 missiles and more than 460 drones launched”

BBC

Moscow's defence ministry figures — widely reported in Russian and international outlets — said 249 Ukrainian drones were intercepted, while Kyiv described its raids as highly damaging to Russian targets in the south.

The exchanges underline the cross-border escalation of drone and missile strikes.

Strikes occurred amid intense diplomatic maneuvering, as U.S., Ukrainian and Russian representatives met in Geneva and Abu Dhabi to rework a US-driven 28-point peace plan tied to former President Donald Trump’s proposal.

Other reporting highlighted concerns that the original draft contained measures seen as favorable to Moscow.

CBS News

Western leaders and officials differed on next steps, ranging from warnings against capitulation to discussions of multinational reassurance forces, creating a contested diplomatic backdrop to the fighting.

The crisis has raised regional security alarms.

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CNN

NATO scrambled jets after incursions into Romanian airspace.

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Leaders debated post‑ceasefire security arrangements.

Officials warned of further territorial threats if talks stall.

International reporting relays competing official claims without independent verification.

Across outlets, reporting shows intense fighting on the ground, fraught diplomacy, and divergent international reactions.