Ukraine-Russia war live updates: Poland scrambles warplanes after all of Ukraine under Russian missiles threat

At least three people were injured and several fires broke out in Kyiv early today after a Russian missile attack, the mayor and military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.

The entire Ukraine was under air warnings from 02:00 after the country’s air force warned against an attack, including on regions bordering Poland, which forced NATO to scream aircraft to ensure air safety.

Fires were recorded in at least three Kyiv districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a telegrampos. Medics admitted two civilians in the Darnytskyi district on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the hospital that divides the city, he added.

“Don’t leave shelters behind!” Mr Klitschko said.

The extent of the attack was not immediately clear. There were also no reports about strikes or damage in the west of the Ukrainian regions bordering the Bole border.

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Polish and Allied aircraft were activated early this morning to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes on the west of Ukraine, the Operations order of the Polish Army said.

“The steps taken are aimed at ensuring safety in the regions that border on the areas that are at risk,” the command on X.

The entire Ukraine was now under Air Raid warnings from 02:00 GMT after the Ukrainian Air Force warned against Russian missile attacks.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the leaders of the British and French army in Kyiv yesterday to discuss the possible deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force to Ukraine, despite the unwillingness of US President Donald Trump to provide security guarantees.

The British Defense Ministry said that officials addressed the structure, size and composition of any future ‘reassuring power’, while the head of defense staff, Admiral Antony Radakin, emphasized that the US would look to “build on the formidable capabilities of the Ukrainian army and put them in the strongest position to determine the Russian aggression.”

The weekend discussions are planned to set the ground on Friday for a further meeting between defense ministers in Brussels and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.

At least three women were injured after several fires broke out in a Russian air attack on the Southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaev late last night, Ukraine officials said.

The attack – a day after the least 19 people, including nine children, were killed in strikes in the city Kryvyi Rih – also damaged several homes, the Governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaly Kim, placed on Telegram.

One of the women was hospitalized, and the other two were treated on outpatient base, Ukraine’s emergency service said. It posted photos and videos of firefighters struggling in a house in a home at night.

Volodymyr Zelensky expressed disappointment about the reaction of the US embassy to a Russian rocket strike that killed 18 people, including nine children, in his hometown.

Mr. Zelensky, who was careful to criticize Washington openly since an uncomfortable meeting of the White House in February with President Donald Trump, wrote on social media website X that several embassies in Kyiv condemned Friday’s attack and singled out Russia for executing it.

He noted that the message of the US embassy made no reference to Russia to condemn the attack.

“Unfortunately, the reaction of the US embassy is surprisingly disappointing – such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a poor reaction,” Mr. Zelensky written in English.

“They are afraid to even say the word ‘Russian’ when they talk about the missile that killed children,” he said.

The Kryvyi Rih strike that killed 19 citizens is a ‘sober reminder’ of the ‘barbaric war’ of Russia, a foreign minister said.

In a statement on Saturday, Europe Minister Stephen Doughty said: ‘Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on civil infrastructure are a sober reminder that Putin is still waging his barbaric war against Ukraine.

“Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims.

“As the prime minister said, Russia can choose to accept a ceasefire, but rather bombard Ukraine and its population.”

Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv, with the city’s air defense forces trying to repel the attack, the military administration and the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said early today.

“Explosions in the capital. Air defense works. Stay in shelters!” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at his telegram channel.

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