Ukraine's air force reported that Russia deployed strategic bombers and confirmed the launch of several missiles. Here’s what we know on day 915.
Power and water supplies were disrupted in parts of Kyiv following a large-scale Russian air attack on Monday, according to the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who shared the information on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine's largest private energy producer, DTEK, announced it was implementing emergency power outages due to the attacks.
Early Monday, all of Ukraine was placed under new air raid alerts as the military warned of a potential massive Russian missile and drone assault. Ukraine’s air force reported the launch of multiple missiles aimed at the country, along with dozens of drones threatening various regions, according to Reuters.
Regional authorities confirmed that at least three people were killed, with casualties reported in Lutsk (west), Dnipro (east), and Zaporizhzhia (south).
Explosions were heard in central Kyiv, while the air force informed citizens that Russia had 11 TU-95 strategic bombers in the air and confirmed the launch of several missiles. Outside Kyiv, Reuters journalists reported hearing air defenses intercepting targets.
On Sunday, Ukraine urged Belarus to withdraw what it described as a significant number of Belarusian forces and equipment positioned at their shared border. The Ukrainian foreign ministry cautioned Belarus against making "tragic mistakes" under Moscow's influence. It stated that Belarusian special forces and former Wagner mercenaries were among the troops at the border, equipped with tanks, artillery, air defense systems, and engineering tools.
Ukraine emphasized that it has never taken and does not intend to take any hostile actions against the Belarusian people. In 2022, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko allowed Russian troops to station in Belarus during what was described as "drills" before Russia invaded Ukraine in February of that year.
A British man working for Reuters, Ryan Evans, was killed in a missile strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, the news agency reported. Evans, who served as a safety adviser and had been with Reuters since 2022, was killed when a missile hit the Hotel Sapphire on Saturday, where he was staying as part of a six-person team.
Two journalists from the agency were injured, one seriously. Evans, a former British soldier, had provided safety advice to Reuters journalists worldwide, including in Ukraine, Israel, and the Paris Olympics.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that the hotel was struck by a Russian Iskander missile, a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets up to 500 km (310 miles) away. In his Sunday evening address, Zelenskiy described the attack as "absolutely purposeful, thought out," and extended his condolences to Evans's family and friends. Russia has been targeting hotels in frontline areas for over a year.
Zelenskiy also mentioned in his address that Ukrainian forces had advanced up to three kilometers in Russia’s Kursk region, capturing two additional settlements.
On Sunday, Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern, and southern Ukraine, resulting in at least four deaths and 37 injuries, according to Ukrainian military and local authorities. Overnight attacks targeted frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Ukraine's air force reported that most of the missiles did not reach their intended targets.
In a conversation with Zelenskiy, former US President Donald Trump expressed his support for Ukraine and his desire to end the war with Russia, as Zelenskiy told Indian reporters in an interview posted on his social media channel on Sunday.
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