Russia unleashes one of biggest ballistic missile attacks of the Ukraine war, Kyiv says

Russia launched a massive ballistic missile and drone attack against Ukraine, primarily targeting Kyiv. The strike resulted in at least 16 civilian deaths and significant damage to infrastructure across the country.
Why it matters
This represents one of the largest aerial assaults in the ongoing conflict, highlighting the escalating intensity of the war and the continued strain on Ukrainian air defenses.
Russia has launched one of its largest ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Ukraine’s air force said Moscow had launched “a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack UAVs and various types of air- and ground-launched missiles” overnight into Sunday, and that the main target was the capital Kyiv. “The enemy launched more than 40 missiles of various types – most of them against the capital – and 120 attack drones,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. CNN journalists in the city reported that the barrage was intense, concentrated in a two-hour spell overnight. On Sunday morning there was a strong smell of smoke in the city, one said, and an air raid alert was still in place.
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