Missile attack hits Kyiv as Ukraine strikes Russian rocket sites deep inside Russia

Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kyiv shortly after 02:00 local time on Sunday, igniting fires in at least two districts of the capital. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported debris caused a blaze in a northern suburb and another fire south of the city centre, adding that several cars were also burning. The city’s military administration confirmed one injury.

Ukraine announced that the same day its long-range Flamingo cruise missiles struck a Russian military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Progress rocket centre in the Samara region, about 900 km from the border. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes were intended to reduce Russia’s war capability and cited damage to facilities that support a Russian satellite internet system.

Local officials in Samara said air defences repelled a “massive missile attack” and that the industrial infrastructure suffered only localized damage. Emergency services were dispatched to the affected sites.

In a separate incident, a Russian strike on an apartment block in the southeastern town of Marhanets killed a three-month-old infant and wounded 11 people, according to the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration.

Russia’s foreign ministry asked the United States and Turkey for clarification on reports that a substantial cache of U.S. weapons held by Turkey might be transferred to Kyiv, warning that such a move could harm bilateral relations.

The Russian defence ministry reported that in the preceding 24 hours its drones and missiles targeted Ukrainian logistics centres, energy and transport infrastructure, as well as workshops producing long-range drones and drone boats.

Separately, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin expressing “pride” in the two countries’ ties, while Putin’s reply highlighted an “unprecedentedly high level of comprehensive strategic partnership” between the nations.