As flames tore through homes and markets in Kyiv overnight, Russia's latest hypersonic missile strike left Ukraine counting its dead and confronting another sharp escalation in the war.
Russia launched one of its largest overnight assaults on Ukraine in recent months, striking Kyiv and surrounding areas with a combination of drones, cruise missiles and a hypersonic ballistic missile that Ukrainian officials identified as the Oreshnik system. According to reports, the attack killed at least four people and left dozens more injured as emergency crews worked through damaged neighbourhoods and burning buildings.
