At least four killed in Ukraine after overnight missile and drone attack from Russia

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP

Published connected 25/10/2025 - 12:12 GMT+2 •Updated 12:19

At slightest 4 group person been killed and dozens much injured aft Russian rocket and drone strikes deed Ukraine Friday nighttime into Saturday morning, opportunity Ukrainian officials.

In nan capital, Kyiv, 2 group were killed and 9 were wounded successful a ballistic rocket onslaught successful nan early hours of Saturday, Timur Tkachenko, caput of Kyiv’s metropolis subject administration, said.

A occurrence collapsed retired successful a non-residential building successful 1 location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell successful an unfastened area astatine different site, damaging windows successful adjacent buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service wrote connected nan connection app Telegram.

“Explosions successful nan capital. The metropolis is nether ballistic attack,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote connected Telegram during nan onslaught.

In nan Dnipropetrovsk region, 2 group were killed and 7 wounded, acting location Gov. Vladyslav Haivanenko said, adding that flat buildings, backstage homes, an outbuilding, a shop and astatine slightest 1 conveyance were damaged successful nan strikes.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 9 missiles and 62 drones, of which aerial defences intercepted 4 missiles and 50 drones.

In Russia, nan country’s defence ministry said its aerial defences changeable down 121 Ukrainian drones complete Russia overnight.

The attacks came aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged nan United States connected Friday to grow sanctions connected Russian lipid from 2 companies to nan full sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to deed backmost astatine Russia.

Zelenskyy was successful London for talks pinch 2 twelve European leaders who person pledged subject thief to shield his state from early Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops nan much than three-year war.

The gathering hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer aimed to measurement up unit connected Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding momentum to caller measures that person included a caller information of sanctions from nan United States and European countries connected Russia’s captious lipid and state export earnings.

The talks besides addressed ways of helping protect Ukraine’s powerfulness grid from Russia’s almost regular drone and rocket attacks arsenic wintertime approaches, enhancing Ukrainian aerial defences, and supplying Kyiv pinch longer-range missiles that tin onslaught heavy wrong Russia. Zelenskyy has urged nan US to nonstop Tomahawk missiles, an thought US President Donald Trump has considered.