A night of fire over Kiev: hundreds of Russian missiles and drones hit the capital, killing four and wounding dozens.

Hundreds of Russian missiles and drones struck Kiev and other Ukrainian regions between Thursday and Friday, causing at least four dead and dozens injured, including a pregnant woman and several children. The president Volodymyr Zelensky He described the raids as “well-calculated, aimed at causing maximum pain to the civilian population.”

The explosions started around 00pm local time, shaking almost all the neighborhoods of the capital. According to the mayor Vitali Klitschko, debris from drones and missiles hit residential buildings in the districts of Dniprovskiy e Podilskyi, causando fires and serious damage. In total, 30 buildings in nine districts were damaged, many of them severely. Several areas of the city were left without electricity and heating for hours, while public traffic suffered severe delays.

“Deliberate attack against civilians”

In his message broadcast on X, Zelensky accused Russia of launching approximately 430 drones and 18 missiles, including the fearsome hypersonic ones Kinzhal and a Zircon missile against the Sumy region, "with the aim of destroying energy infrastructure and spreading terror among the population." "We know of dozens of injuries, including children. Four people were killed. It was a malicious attack, deliberately calculated to hit homes and hospitals," the president declared.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, the defense has knocked down 419 drones out of 430, ma various devices have achieved goals in 13 locations. In several areas, such as the neighborhoods of Desnyansky e SharingRescuers worked through the night to extract survivors from the rubble. "Our emergency services saved dozens of lives," he explained. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev military administration.

Moscow claims responsibility: "Military and energy targets hit"

For its part, the Russian defense ministry confirmed the operation, calling it a "massive attack against targets of Ukraine's military-industrial and energy complex." Moscow claims the strikes were "a response to Ukrainian terrorist attacks against civilian targets on Russian territory."
However, the Kiev authorities reiterate that those affected were: residential buildings, schools and civil infrastructures“In the capital alone, dozens of buildings were damaged, and even the Azerbaijani embassy was hit by fragments from an Iskander missile,” Zelensky added.

Odessa: Russian drones hit a market

Another raid has hit the southern region of Odessa, Where A Russian drone hit a market in Chornomorsk, causando two dead and seven injured, some of them in serious conditions. "The enemy attacked with cynicism, also damaging a square, shops and cars", denounced the Governor Oleg KiperThe Ukrainian Prime Minister Julia Svyrydenko, speaking of an “unprecedented flurry”, reiterated the urgency of supplies of systems air defense and the approval of the freezing of Russian goods. “Every life lost, every home destroyed, every family destroyed demands justice. The world must act now,” the prime minister said.

Tajani: "A new Italian aid package is on the way."

In Italy, the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced that an agreement will be signed in the next few hours new military aid package to Kiev"We will continue to support Ukraine, which is still under attack. It is right to guarantee the security and independence of a country under attack, but we must also work to build peace," he said at the international anti-corruption coordination meeting in Rome.

Russian advance in Donetsk

While Kiev heals its wounds, Moscow claims new progress on the Eastern Front, claiming to have “liberated” the localities of Rog, in Donetsk, and Orestopol, in Dnipropetrovsk. According to Western sources, however, the Russian army would continue to suffer heavy losses, with approx 7.000 soldiers per week killed or wounded, as reported by U.S. sources.

A night symbolizing a conflict without truce

The budget of the night of fire over Kiev It's still provisional. Russia is stepping up its attacks while Ukraine is urgently requesting new military supplies and greater international engagement.
Zelensky, in a new appeal, warned: “Russia is preparing to unleash war in Europe by 2030. We must stop it now, in Ukraine.”