Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Kherson overnight, killing at least six civilians and wounding dozens while destroying residential blocks and starting fires.President Volodymyr Zelensky returns urgently from Dublin after intelligence warned of a possible large-scale assault and after he warned that President Vladimir Putin was preparing a "massive" strike; mayors and governors report local deaths, injuries and damage and urge residents to shelter.Emergency services and rescuers search a collapsed nine-story building and respond to hits on an ambulance substation and a hotel on Shevchenko Boulevard while
CSIS casualty estimates highlight the wider toll since Russia's invasion in February 2022.