Five Killed in Russian Airstrikes on Ukraine; Energy Infrastructure Damaged

Russian forces launched a series of overnight missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing at least five people and damaging civilian and energy infrastructure across several regions, officials said on Sunday.

Local prosecutors reported that four of the victims were members of one family, who died after their residential building was destroyed in the western Lviv region, near the Polish border.

In the regional capital of Lviv, a fire broke out in an industrial park, and parts of the city experienced power outages, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said. He urged residents to stay indoors on Sunday morning as emergency crews worked to extinguish multiple fires.

“Largest Attack on Lviv Since the Start of the War,” Says Emergency Service

A Reuters correspondent in Lviv reported hearing loud explosions and the roar of air defenses early in the morning as Ukrainian forces intercepted incoming targets from several directions. A spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Emergency Service told national television that the attack was likely the largest strike on the Lviv region since the war began.

In southeastern Zaporizhzhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said one person was killed and ten others were injured in a combined strike that left over 73,000 customers without electricity.

Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that civilian infrastructure was also damaged in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry confirmed that energy facilities in Zaporizhzhia and northern Chernihiv were hit.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed its forces had targeted Ukrainian military-industrial facilities as well as gas and energy infrastructure overnight.

With the fourth wartime winter approaching and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict stalled, Moscow has intensified its strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks.

“Another deliberate act of terror against civilians,” Svyrydenko wrote on X. “Moscow continues to target homes, schools, and energy facilities — proving that destruction remains its only strategy.”

Poland Scrambles Jets to Ensure Air Safety

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had launched more than 50 missiles and nearly 500 drones in the latest wave of attacks.

NATO member Poland said it scrambled fighter jets early Sunday to protect its airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defense and radar systems have been placed on the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s Operational Command said in a post on X.

NATO’s eastern-flank members remain on high alert following Poland’s downing of suspected Russian drones in September. Recent drone sightings and airspace incursions — including in Copenhagen and Munich — have caused growing concern and disruption across European aviation.

In a related incident, Vilnius Airport in Lithuania was closed for several hours overnight after reports of a possible cluster of balloons drifting toward the airport late Saturday.