Russia Launches Fresh Wave of Missile and Drone Attacks on Ukraine

A barrage of pre-dawn missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday struck Kyiv and several other large cities, escalating a deadly bombing campaign that began the day before. The attacks, which included a ballistic missile attack on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, killed two people and wounded five others. The bombardment comes three weeks after Ukraine's military launched an incursion into the Kursk region of Russia, prompting President Vladimir V. Putin to promise a decisive response. The attacks on Tuesday are the latest in a series of large-scale assaults by Russia, which has fired volleys of drones and missiles roughly once a month over the past year in an attempt to overwhelm Ukraine's air defense systems.

Key Takeaways:

• The fresh wave of attacks on Ukraine included a ballistic missile attack on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, which killed two people and wounded five others.
• The attacks on Tuesday struck Kyiv and several other large cities, including Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv.
• The barrage comes three weeks after Ukraine's military launched an incursion into the Kursk region of Russia, prompting President Vladimir V. Putin to promise a decisive response.
• The attacks are the latest in a series of large-scale assaults by Russia, which has fired volleys of drones and missiles roughly once a month over the past year in an attempt to overwhelm Ukraine's air defense systems.
• The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was under a "combined rocket and drone attack" on Tuesday, according to the city's military administration.
• Falling debris from intercepted missiles or drones set grass on fire in two city parks in Kyiv.

Statistics:

• 2 people were killed and 5 others were wounded in the ballistic missile attack on the hotel in Kryvyi Rih.
• 0 people were killed and 4 others were wounded in the attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia.
• 2 people were killed and 4 others were wounded in the attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih (excluding the hotel).
• 30 months have passed since Russia's invasion began.
• The attacks on Tuesday were described as "one of the largest" by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

Sources:

• [1] "Russia unleashes new wave of missile and drone strikes in Ukraine" by Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times
• [2] "Ukraine's military launches attack on Kursk region, prompting Russian retaliation" by Matthew Mpoke Bigg, The New York Times
• [3] "Kyiv under 'combined rocket and drone attack' as Russia launches fresh wave of strikes" by The New York Times
• [4] Telegram post by Serhiy Lysak, head of the regional military administration, regarding the attack on the hotel in Kryvyi Rih
• [5] Telegram post by Ivan Fyodorov, regional military administrator, regarding the attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia