Ukraine's Air Force said it intercepted 48 of 74 Russian missiles and 476 of 496 drones launched overnight, according to Asaf Rozentzweig (N12). At least nine people were killed in the capital, Kyiv, in the large-scale combined attack.
Ukraine's Air Force reported intercepting 48 of 74 missiles and 476 of 496 drones during a large-scale Russian overnight attack, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) citing an official military statement. At least nine people were killed in the capital, Kyiv, a significant escalation in the death toll as Moscow continues its campaign of combined missile and drone strikes.
This development comes after a night of heavy bombardment first reported at 02:08 Jerusalem, when The Zioneer noted initial reports of a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv (version 1). By the same hour, reports indicated fires across the city (version 2) and then a massive ballistic missile attack (version 3). Casualty figures rose incrementally from at least 2 killed and 16 wounded (version 4) to at least 5 killed and 34 wounded (version 5). The official Air Force statement at 02:08 gave the interception figures now confirmed, with the death toll climbing to nine. A separate bulletin at 09:26 Jerusalem reiterated these figures, which are now updated with the confirmed nine fatalities.
The intercepted share — roughly 65% of missiles and 96% of drones — is a single official Ukrainian source and has not been independently verified. This marks a slightly higher drone interception rate than in a recent large Russian barrage on Jun 15, when Ukrainian air defense intercepted at least 14 of 74 missiles and faced a multi-month low in overall interception rates, as The Zioneer reported at 14:53 Jerusalem that day.
It remains unclear whether the death toll will rise further, or whether additional strikes hit other Ukrainian cities beyond the capital.
9 developments
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- DevelopingRussian strikes kill at least 8 in Kharkiv and Kyiv, Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) reports
- DevelopingRussia strikes Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight
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