Russia's overnight missile-and-drone barrage on Kyiv killed at least 12 people and wounded 60, Ukrainian officials said Monday, as all 29 ballistic missiles fired in the assault struck their targets and exposed a widening shortfall in the capital's U.S.-supplied air defenses two days before NATO leaders convene in Ankara.
Monday's assault, the second on Kyiv in less than a week, followed Saturday's phone calls between President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It sharpened the stakes at Tuesday's NATO summit, where Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Trump on the sidelines and is expected to press allies for additional Patriot interceptors amid shortages driven by demand from the Middle East war.
Waves through the night
The Kyiv Independent reported the first explosions around 1:40 a.m., followed by additional strikes at 2:10 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. Russia fired 351 drones and 68 missiles overnight, according to Ukraine's air force. All 29 ballistic missiles reached their targets. At least 15 buildings in Kyiv were damaged, including four in the Podilskyi district, city officials said. One additional person was killed and 10 injured in surrounding districts.
Residential blocks hit
In Podilskyi, a residential building partially collapsed. In the Darnytsia district, multistory buildings sustained damage with residents believed trapped inside. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said, "These are residential buildings. Places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives," and warned that the toll was not final.
Khrystyna Piatetska, 20, a resident of the Darnytskyi district, said, "When we were leaving the building, bodies were lying there,"
Interceptor shortfall
Yurii Ihnat, a Ukrainian air force spokesman, said, "To intercept ballistics, we need the means for interception." Ihnat said, "Russians are certainly using the fact that there is a serious deficit of interceptor missiles now, in Ukraine and the world." Ukraine's air defenses rely heavily on U.S. Patriot systems, and interceptor supplies have thinned as Washington diverts munitions to the Middle East.
Zelenskyy said, "As long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies' stockpiles, Russia is only encouraged to keep 'vanquishing' residential buildings. The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror," In his Sunday night address, Zelenskyy said, "Intelligence once again indicates that the Russians are preparing a new massive strike," Of the timing, he said, "This is typical of Putin: right after America's Independence Day and before the NATO summit in Ankara."
Russia's account
Russia's Defense Ministry said the strike targeted weapons factories in Kyiv, including sites producing drones, sea drones, armored vehicles and missiles, along with air defense repair facilities and fuel and energy infrastructure. The claims could not be independently verified. The ministry also said its air defenses downed 519 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Ukraine's military and security service said it struck three Russian oil refineries and an oil terminal at the Baltic Sea port of Vysotsk, according to Reuters. In the Yaroslavl region, Gov. Mikhail Yavrayev said two people were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack and more than 70 drones were downed. In annexed Crimea, a blackout attributed to "external impact" cut power before service was restored in Sevastopol, Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said.
Summit opens Tuesday
The NATO summit opens Tuesday in Ankara. Thursday's earlier assault on Kyiv killed 31, the deadliest single strike on the capital this year. More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion, according to United Nations tallies.

