Russian Strikes Kill 6 and Injure 45 Across Ukraine — Kyiv Faces Second Day of Relentless Drone Attacks

Kyiv is facing a second consecutive day of Russian attacks with jet-powered drones. By 10:00 local time, five air raid alerts had been issued in the capital. Five people were injured in four districts of the city, mayor Vitali Klitschko said, while two others were injured in the Boryspil district of the Kyiv region.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced that Russia launched 173 Shahed-type drones overnight, 50 of them jet-powered. Air defenses shot down 134 of them, but hits were recorded in 19 locations, while drone debris fell in eight other places.

In the Donetsk region, two people were killed in the city of Druzhkivka, while eight others were injured across the region, according to governor Vadym Filashkin. In the Zaporizhzhia region, two women lost their lives and seven people were injured in the city of Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding district.

In the Sumy region, a 69-year-old man was killed by a Russian drone, while Russian guided bombs injured ten people — including a 1.5-month-old baby and a 15-year-old boy. Other drone attacks in the region injured a 75-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl.

In Kherson, 35 settlements were attacked, leaving one dead and three injured, according to governor Oleksandr Prokudin. In the Kharkiv region, four people were injured in the city and a 27-year-old in the village of Zolochiv, governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Meanwhile, in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, four people were injured, two of whom were hospitalized — one in serious condition — governor Oleksandr Hanzha announced, as The Kyiv Independent reports.