Russia launched a fresh wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine in an overnight attack on Monday, killing one person, wounding seven others and causing multiple fires in Kyiv, city officials said.

New waves of deadly Russian missiles pounded Ukraine overnight Sunday while long range drone attacks by Kyiv sparked travel chaos at Moscow’s airports.

Germany and the US are close to an agreement that would dispatch Patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine as the nation comes under mounting missile and drone attacks from Russia.

For the past two months, Russia has unleashed nighttime drone and missile assaults on Kyiv in a summer offensive that is straining the city's air defences, and has its 3.7 million residents exhausted and on edge. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here.

In Kyiv, the assault began shortly after midnight and continued until around 6 a.m. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 426 Shahed and decoy drones overnight, as well as 24 missiles of various types.

Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months hours before Britain and Germany chaired a meeting Monday to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons.

Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine in an overnight attack on Monday, killing at least one person and causing multiple fires in the capital Kyiv, city officials said.

The fact that Russia did not attack Kyiv during the visit of U.S. presidential envoy Keith Kellogg demonstrates that only Washington can compel Moscow to pursue peace. — Ukrinform.