Russia launches a ballistic missile barrage targeting Ukraine’s Kyiv region on Monday, according to Ukrainian authorities and multiple outlets. The attack kills at least eight people and injures dozens, with the Kyiv mayor reporting damage to buildings and rescue teams removing residents from structures shattered by the overnight strikes. The incident is described as the second major assault on Kyiv and its surrounding areas in less than a week. Several reports note that the strike comes as both Russia and Ukraine increase long-range attacks, highlighting the war’s expanding reach more than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion. The timing is also linked to the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey, with US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky expected to discuss the war on the sidelines as the summit begins in Ankara on Tuesday. One outlet reports a higher death toll, citing up to 18 killed, but the accounts agree on the scale of the attack, the use of hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles, and the alignment of the barrage with the eve of the NATO meeting.