Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.

Our algorithms assess if these fires are linked to the conflict—letting us map Russia’s summer offensive in near real time. Heavy fire continues across the Dnipro river in the Kherson region. Much of this is caused by Russian drone strikes on farmland rather than a serious attempt to advance.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv is again under a massive overnight Russian drone attack, local officials say, with at least eight people reported injured and fires burning across the city. Authorities in Kyiv say drone wreckage has hit the roof of a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district.