Just hours ago. Russia launched more than 50 missiles and an estimated 700 drones at Kyiv and surrounding regions overnight — one of the largest single attacks on Ukraine’s capital since the full-scale invasion began.
At least four people are dead and 83 injured across the Kyiv region. Residential buildings were struck in multiple districts. Poland scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace.
The attack came days after Ukraine launched its own 500-drone strike on Moscow — and just weeks after a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire expired with no follow-up agreement.
WHY IT MATTERS
The three-day ceasefire Trump brokered earlier this month is gone. Both sides are now hitting each other’s capitals with some of the largest attacks of the war. This escalation runs parallel to the Iran conflict — two major wars simultaneously demanding U.S. diplomatic attention.
The path to peace on either front is getting harder to see.
