Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "senseless terror" after a fresh wave of missile strikes killed civilians across Ukraine, in the Kremlin's first major assault since Vladimir Putin hosted senior US officials in Moscow for talks aimed at ending the four-year war. The attacks came as Ukraine warned Britain's Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, that a £23 billion funding gap in pledged Western support remains unfilled, with officials cautioning that Russia's strikes are proving effective partly because of Ukraine's shortage of air defence systems such as the US-made Patriot.

At least two people were killed and ten injured in strikes on Kyiv, where 31 of 32 Russian cruise missiles were intercepted, though an undisclosed number of ballistic missiles got through; Ukraine said 175 aerial munitions were intercepted overall, with Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Sumy's railway station among the targets hit. Ukraine's defence chief Yevhenii Khmara told allies that of €70 billion pledged at the Ankara NATO summit, €62 billion had been delivered, leaving an €8 billion shortfall alongside a wider €23 billion defence deficit, and urged financial decisions by November; he also cited a need for 300 Patriot missiles, 500 air-to-air interceptors and £2 billion for drones, while Streeting reaffirmed the UK's commitment, including a £100 million winter munitions package and progress towards its 120,000-drone delivery target.