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Russian missile, drone strikes injure at least 3 in large-scale attack on Ukrainian cities

06 December 2025 10:30 (UTC +04:00)

Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Dec. 6, injuring at least three people in Kyiv Oblast, officials reported, APA reports, citing KYIV INDEPENDENT.

Ukraine's Air Force reported Russian forces launching a barrage of missiles as well as dozens of drones towards cities on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital.

Air raid alerts were activated across the entire country amid the attacks, as Russian MiG-34K aircraft, capable of launching Kinzhal missiles.

Reports of overhead drones were also seen as far west as Lviv Oblast, as Russia launched multiple waves of attacks on Ukrainian cities. The Air Force reported the latest round of missile launches just before 7 a.m. local time.

Explosions were reported in Poltava, Lutsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Bila Tserkva during the attacks.

Earlier reports indicate that the city's main train station was struck in the attack. Ukraine's railway authority, said that Russia had undertaken a "massive shelling of railway infrastructure" in Fastiv.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service also reported that fires had broken out a warehouse in Novi Petrivtsi and and a home in Bucha in Kyiv Oblast.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, regional Governor Vladislav Haivanenko reported that fires had broken out in several cities during the attack, including in strikes on homes in Pavlohrad as well as local infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih.

In the western city of Lutsk, Mayor Ihor Polishchuk reported that a several food warehouses had caught fire.