President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said overnight missile and drone attacks launched by Russia showed that Moscow’s claimed support for a ceasefire in Ukraine is not “real.”
Ukrainian authorities reported airstrikes in several regions of the country, including a drone attack on a hospital in the northeastern city of Sumy. The barrage came hours after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a halt in attacks on energy infrastructure as part of the White House’s peace efforts.
As of 08:00, 72 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones have been confirmed downed in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa oblasts.
A total of 56 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar (without causing adverse effects).
Kyiv City Military Administration reported that 45 Russian drones had been recorded approaching Kyiv and in the capital’s airspace. Ukraine’s air defence downed 19 unmanned aerial vehicles. The rest disappeared from radar or left the airspace.
Sumy, Odesa, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts were under attack.
The Air Force and other Ukrainian defence forces used aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups to repel the assault.
