Russia targets Ukraine with massive drone, missile barrage

Russia targeted Ukraine in a massive drone and missile attack on Sunday, killing at least four people in Kyiv and wounding dozens more days after President Trump said Ukraine could win the war against Moscow.

The overnight attack lasted more than 12 hours and primarily targeted Kyiv and the nearby region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X.

Zelensky said other regions struck included Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Odesa.

At least four people in Kyiv died, including a 12-year-old girl, and more than 40 people throughout Ukraine are confirmed injured.

Zelensky said the attack included nearly 500 attack drones and more than 40 missiles.

Kyiv’s Cardiology Institute was damaged in the attack, according to Zelensky, as were a bread-production facility, a tire-manufacturing plant, private homes and apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure, he said.

Zelensky noted the timing of Russia’s attack and called for a strong response from allied countries in the West.

“This vile attack came virtually as the close of United Nations General Assembly week, and this is exactly how Russia declares its true position,” Zelensky wrote on X. “Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world.”

“We will continue to strike back to deprive Russia of those revenue streams and to compel it toward diplomacy,” he added. “Everyone who wants peace must back President Trump’s efforts and halt any Russian imports. The time for decisive action is long overdue, and we count on a strong response from the United States, Europe, the G7, and the G20.”

Trump huddled with Zelensky on the sidelines of the gathering of world leaders last week and the U.S. president emerged from the meeting confident that Ukraine could win the war against Russia and reclaim its territory.