Russia just fired its newest missile at Ukraine in a huge overnight barrage

So is this a one-off? No.

This is the third big overnight attack on Ukraine in under a week. Five nights ago, Russia fired 282 drones plus Zircon and Iskander missiles in one night. Two nights ago, it sent 165 drones. Now this.

And here's the thing about the Zircon. It's one of Russia's newest weapons — a hypersonic missile built to sink warships at sea. Russia keeps firing it at Ukraine's land targets instead. Using it again tonight, right alongside ballistic missiles, shows Russia isn't saving its best weapons for one big moment. It's firing them nightly.

So how did Ukraine do? Out of 155 missiles and drones launched, its air defences stopped 109 of them. Fighter jets, missile units, electronic warfare, mobile fire teams — all of it working at once. That's about seven in ten stopped.

The other three in ten got through. That's the fire and the two people hurt in Bucha, plus hits at other spots around the country.

Russia hasn't said what it was aiming at. It hasn't said anything about the home it hit in Bucha either. Russia usually says it only hits military and energy sites — even when a house goes up in flames.

This war has now run for more than three and a half years, since Russia invaded in February 2022. Nights like this one have become close to routine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is still Ukraine's president.

What we don't know yet: whether the attack is fully over, whether any military sites got hit alongside that house in Bucha, and why Russia chose to throw this much at Ukraine this week. The number of people hurt could still rise.