LONDON -- Russia overnight launched a heavy air attack on Ukraine -- including striking Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles -- that killed at least six people, including two children.

Ukrainian forces have carried out a strike on the Bryansk Chemical Plant, a key facility within the military-industrial complex of the aggressor state. — Ukrinform.

Ukraine's defense ministry said it continues to hit Russia's industries, "weakening the offensive potential of the aggressor state."

Although there has been no official confirmation that it carried out the strike, Ukraine has increased its attacks on Russian refineries and other energy facilities since August in an effort to disrupt petrol supplies and deprive Moscow of funding.

Ukraine has never used American weapons to strike distant targets on Russian territory. Various long-range weapons have been used in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and in the east of the country.

Russia struck a kindergarten in the city of Kharkiv with a drone. One fatality has been confirmed, according to Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov and the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a sharp warning to the United States, cautioning against the transfer of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv. Speaking to reporters, Putin said any strike on Russian territory using such weapons would provoke a “serious,

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced new sanctions against Russia's two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow's refusal to end its "senseless war."

Zelensky described the incident as a “savage” attack, and said both railway staff and passengers were at the strike of the drone strike.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said an assault by Russia, hours after President Trump put off a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, showed more pressure was needed.

Ukraine’s armed forces said Storm Shadow missiles had evaded Russia’s air defenses and struck the site in Bryansk which produces gunpowder, explosives and rocket components. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities said a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight killed at least six people and injured more than 20 in the Kyiv region.