Joanna Kakasis

Well, Leila, the strikes sounded really bad even while they were happening.

We heard hours of very, very loud explosions like these.

And, you know, by dawn, the air smelt burned and fires were all over the city.

Ukraine's emergency services said at least four people were killed and dozens wounded.

One of Kyiv's oldest markets was incinerated and a subway station where people actually seek shelter from these attacks was hit and damaged.

And did Moscow use more weapons in these strikes?

Well, this was one of the biggest attacks of the war.

Ukraine's military says Russia launched 600 drones and 90 missiles.

Ukraine has developed weapons to shoot down drones, but ballistic missiles remain a challenge.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine needs air defense systems to target these missiles, like the U.S.-made Patriot missile.

And this is now in short supply due to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.

Here's Zelensky.

So he's saying Ukraine is looking for options like accelerating the production of advanced air defense systems in Europe.

Even so, this weekend, Russia launched a very powerful hypersonic missile called the Ereshnik.

Well, in 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Irushnik can bypass any air defense and that the missile is, quote, as fast as a meteorite.

Russia has launched the Irushnik three times at Ukraine.

This weekend, it hit a city about 50 miles south of Kiev.

The missile has not caused the level of damage that many feared it would.

However, the idea of the Irushnik does scare Ukraine's Western partners because Putin says it can carry a nuclear warhead.

Well, Putin says Russia is retaliating for a drone strike the Russians say killed more than 20 people, many of them teenagers.