Key facts
- Nine people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine, including four in Kyiv and five rescue workers in Kharkiv.
- A Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Tula region killed three people and injured three others, including a one-year-old child.
- The 11th Century Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv sustained significant damage.
- Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have intercepted 66 Ukrainian drones overnight.
- Poland placed air defence systems on alert in response to Russian strikes in Kyiv.
Russia launched a wave of strikes across Ukraine, killing nine people and damaging the 11th-century Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, a significant religious and cultural symbol. In the capital, strikes hit residential buildings, causing fires and leaving over 140,000 people without electricity. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people and injured three others, including a one-year-old child. A separate drone attack in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region killed two people, with a Ukrainian security official claiming the target was a plant producing missile components. The Russian Defense Ministry stated its air defense systems intercepted a total of 66 Ukrainian drones overnight. Poland responded by scrambling fighter jets and placing air defence systems on alert.