New wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv
Russia and Ukraine traded deadly attacks overnight, killing and wounding civilians and damaging infrastructure.
Russia launched 22 missiles and 260 drones into Ukraine, killing six people and wounding 13, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The strikes caused “extensive damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure” in Kyiv and targeted “the energy sector and everything that keeps normal life going,” Zelensky said.
Ukraine, meanwhile, launched a major drone attack on Russia, killing three people and wounding eight, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
Russian forces intercepted and destroyed 249 Ukrainian drones, including 116 that were launched over the Black Sea, the ministry said. The strikes damaged residential buildings and homes in the Russian port city Novorossiysk, according to local officials.
The commander of Ukraine’s military drone unit, Robert Brovdi, hailed Tuesday as Kyiv’s “most productive” night in November, saying the drone attack did “deep damage” to Russia.
In Romania, NATO fighter jets were scrambled to protect its airspace as Russia attacked Ukraine overnight, according to Reuters. The jets took off after at least one Russian drone breached Romanian airspace near the border with Ukraine, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing Romania’s defense ministry.