Russia fires barrage of missiles at Ukraine in overnight attack, woman injured

Ukraine said on Tuesday it downed six of 21 missiles launched overnight and in the early morning by Russia, reporting minor damage in the capital of Kyiv and hits on infrastructure in the northern Sumy region.

A woman was wounded in the Kyiv region, where a private house was damaged, the interior ministry said on Telegram.

Missile debris damaged three private buildings and two cars in one of the capital’s districts, Kyiv’s military administration said on Telegram.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile was among the six downed.

Russia fired a total of 13 missiles on the town of Shostka, in the northern Sumy region, its governor said in televised comments.

The strike damaged 12 high-rise residential buildings, two educational facilities, three boiler houses and a clinic, according to local authorities. Some infrastructure was destroyed, it added.

Moscow’s forces also used 40 drones to attack the country. Air defence units shot down 16 of them and 24 more failed to reach targets, Ukraine’s air force said.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Telegram it had carried a strike at a military airfield infrastructure and gunpowder charges production facility in Ukraine on Tuesday morning.

It said all targets had been hit. Reuters could not independently verify the statement.