Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 27, injures scores

Key Points:

• At least 27 people were killed and over 90 injured after Russian drones and missiles struck residential buildings in Kyiv during a massive overnight attack involving nearly 570 aerial objects, including 24 Iskander ballistic missiles and four Zircon hypersonic missiles.
• Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko described the assault as the "most massive enemy attack," with damage reported at three dozen locations and over 50,000 residents seeking shelter in metro stations.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strikes, which also hit multiple other regions, and urgently called for increased air defense supplies such as Patriot missile systems from the United States to help stop the attacks.
• Russia claimed the attacks were retaliation for recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, highlighting Ukraine's growing capability to conduct long-range drone operations targeting Russian territory.
• A Center for Strategic and International Studies analysis estimates over 1.4 million Russian and between 525,000 and 625,000 Ukrainian military casualties have occurred since the war began, with drone attacks accounting for a significant portion of Russian losses.