Overnight Russian drones damaged homes, a school, offices, and a mall area near Kyiv. Injury counts rose as officials cited large jet-drone salvos.

Russian forces launched a large overnight drone attack on Kyiv and surrounding regions, damaging residential buildings, schools, offices, and commercial sites including an Auchan at Lavina Mall, Kyiv Post, NV Ukraine, and Ukrinform reported into the weekend. Local officials said injuries in the capital and region climbed, including children among the wounded.

Ukrainian tallies described salvos numbering well over 100 drones, including faster jet-powered variants that are harder to intercept than conventional Shahed-type systems. President Zelenskyy’s team has cited roughly mid-50s percent effectiveness against jet drones even as conventional interception rates remain higher, according to UA.News and related defense wraps.

NATO air-defense pleas and Ukraine’s domestic interceptor production claims remain the parallel policy track. Accounts agree Kyiv took another overnight drone wave with civilian injuries; they diverge on exact casualty tallies hour-to-hour and on how quickly Western air-defense deliveries can close the jet-drone gap.

Kyiv Post, NV Ukraine, Reuters, and The Guardian agree a large overnight Russian drone attack damaged civilian sites around Kyiv with rising injuries. Exact fatality and injury tallies still move as local officials update; Washington Examiner and the New York Post also underline the air-defense shortfall argument to NATO.

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