Russian drone and missile barrage kills at least 12 in Ukraine’s Kyiv

What the report says

At least 12 people were killed and 21 injured after Russian drone and missile strikes hit Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukrainian officials cited by Al Jazeera. The reported deaths included at least eight in the capital and four more in the Kyiv region, where a residential building in Boryspil was damaged and dozens were evacuated. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the overnight assault as Russian terror and said an Indian citizen was among those killed, while calling for stronger air defences.

Kyiv regional military chief Tymur Tkachenko said the area came under a large attack involving missiles and strike drones. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said children were among the wounded in the city. On the Russian side, the defence ministry said it struck military and energy sites in Kyiv and Odesa, and Ukraine’s border service reported damage to a ferry checkpoint near Orlivka, close to Romania.

The strikes came as EU defence and foreign ministers met in Ireland to discuss Ukraine’s air-defence shortages. Al Jazeera noted that Ukraine has been short of interceptor missiles, including Patriot systems used against ballistic threats. The report also described a broader pattern of long-range attacks by both sides on ports, energy assets and other infrastructure, which has raised civilian casualties and intensified the war’s impact beyond the front line.