The Ukrainian air force says Russia hit Ukraine overnight on 12 November with ballistic missiles, Zircon anti-ship missiles and 123 Shahed attack drones, 73 of them jet-powered. One person died in Kyiv and others were hurt. In the Rivne region, some towns and villages lost power.
Kyiv
A Russian drone hit a multi-storey apartment block in the Solomianskyi district. One person died and others were injured, but it is not clear how many.
Serhiy Movenko, head of the Solomianskyi district administration, says rescuers, medics, police and utility crews are working at the scene. A help centre has been set up for residents who were hurt. Movenko offered condolences to the family of the person who died.
Rivne region
Drones attacked energy sites, businesses and homes in the region overnight. The State Emergency Service says there are no reports of dead or wounded so far.
Part of the region is without power. "A hard night. We have power cuts in towns and villages in the Rivne and Sarny districts. Kostopil is also without power," said Oleksandr Koval, head of the regional administration. He said critical infrastructure sites are now running on generators.
The attack overall
By 8:00 am, air defences had shot down or jammed 5 Banderol/Dan-T targets and 89 Shahed drones, 51 of them jet-powered, as well as Gerbera drones and other types. Aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems and mobile fire groups all helped repel the strike.
Enemy weapons hit targets at 17 places, and debris from downed targets fell at 18 more. Several attack drones were still in the air, and the fight against them continued.
Russia has waged a full-scale war on Ukraine since February 2022.