Russia launches deadly aerial attack on Ukraine as Poland scrambles jets

Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital and across the country early Sunday, killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, the Ukrainian government said.

Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital and across the country early Sunday, killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, the Ukrainian government said, as Russia’s top diplomat warned that any aggression against Moscow would draw a “decisive response.”

Poland scrambled fighter jets to secure its airspace during the overnight attack, just weeks after Russian drones entered its airspace as it continues to pummel Ukraine with some of the largest attacks since it launched its full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.

The “massive Russian attack” on Ukraine lasted more than 12 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday.

“As of now, four people have been reported killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old girl,” he wrote on X, adding that a number of residential and civilian buildings had been struck, including a building at a cardiology center and a bread production facility.

Russia carried out 81 airstrikes and dropped 156 guided aerial bombs, launching over 5,000 attacks in total including thousands of “kamikaze” drones, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.