Kirovohrad

Overnight, Russian forces launched multiple groups of Shahed kamikaze drones towards western Ukraine, according to reports from the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This prompted an air alert in several regions across the western and southern parts of the country.

At least four people were killed and nine were wounded in Russian strikes on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the governor of the region said.
An air threat was announced in the Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that are controlled by Kyiv.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine will join the military alliance after the war.
He said that at the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member states this week, the Alliance will confirm its long-term support to Ukraine.

Day 626 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Missile fragments that fell during the airstrike caused two fires in the eastern districts of Kyiv, officials said.
Two more people were wounded in the attack in Odessa, wrote the spokesman of the military administration Serhii Bratchuk on Telegram, reports Reuters.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this morning that the Russian forces carried out missile strikes on targets in many regions of Ukraine, with the goal of destroying the transport infrastructure.