Russia and Ukraine exchange missile and drone strikes, with civilians killed and others injured in multiple areas, according to Ukrainian and local reports. Coverage describes attacks reaching Kyiv and other regions including Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava, while Ukraine also reports strikes in Russia.

Several outlets tie the latest reports to a sequence of large-scale attacks over the weekend. France 24 and other sources report earlier deaths in Ukraine, including a Friday daytime drone attack that kills at least 20 people, among them 16 in successive strikes on a busy shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Further reporting says Russian barrages include large numbers of missiles and drones, and that falling debris contributes to secondary damage such as fires at facilities.

Other outlets highlight Ukraine’s calls for additional air defences, with Bloomberg noting Kyiv’s difficulty intercepting recent barrages and Zelenskyy’s plea for Patriot systems. Several reports also reference Ukraine’s retaliatory action, including a drone strike on Russia’s Voronezh region and claims of targeting an oil refinery in Orsk. Reported casualty figures vary by outlet and date, but all describe deaths and widespread injuries.