Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles and drones after Ukraine's strikes on oil infrastructure

By — Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy By — Sonia Kopelev Sonia Kopelev Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/russia-pounds-kyiv-with-missiles-and-drones-after-ukraines-strikes-on-oil-infrastructure Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised heavy retaliation after an all-night barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 25 in Kyiv. Ukraine has been launching mass drone attacks deep into Russia, targeting military installations and refineries. Russia has suffered as a result, with fuel shortages reported throughout the sprawling nation. Stephanie Sy reports. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: Welcome to the "News Hour." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today vowed a forceful response after an overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 25 people in Kyiv and wounded many more. Ukraine has also intensified its own campaign, launching waves of drones deep inside Russia and striking military sites and oil refineries. Those attacks have contributed to fuel shortages in parts of Russia. Yet, despite the escalating strikes on both sides, the front lines have changed little nearly 4.5 years into this war. Stephanie Sy reports. Stephanie Sy: In Kyiv today: the aftermath of another night of Russian aggression. Workers dig through the charred husks of what were once homes carrying out bodies. Elsewhere, rescue workers rush to recover the living, pinned down in pain by the rubble, the latest devastation a lot even for the battle-worn emergency workers. Neighbors gathered with forlorn faces, the flurry of Russian attacks that occurred overnight among the heaviest and deadliest on the Capitol since the war began, lighting up the early morning sky and carving craters outside apartment blocks. Nadia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Resident (through translator): We ran inside and then heard the explosion. We were able to take cover, but everything is destroyed. I don't even know what to say. People are still trapped under the rubble. Stephanie Sy: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today visited the sites, urging an end to the war and calling out U.S. negotiators. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President: They have to come to see, to understand and to explain to the president and then to answer in a very polite manner, how Steve Witkoff can, to Russia, what they have to do. Quickly, sit, negotiate, stop this war. Stephanie Sy: The Kremlin spokesperson today was unmoved. Dmitry Peskov, Spokesman for Vladimir Putin (through translator): Russia will continue to intensify pressure on the Kyiv regime in order to achieve the goals it has set. Stephanie Sy: The attacks in Kyiv come a few days after Ukraine launched its own strikes on Russia, Russian citizens now subjected to the terror of drone warfare in their