Russia launched one in every of its greatest mixed drone and ballistic missiles strikes on Kyiv in a single day Friday, inflicting fatalities, Ukrainian authorities have stated.Many individuals have been additionally injured and video shared on social media confirmed explosions, buildings on fireplace and the aftermath of the strikes. Russia additionally attacked a number of …
Russia launched one in every of its greatest mixed drone and ballistic missiles strikes on Kyiv in a single day Friday, inflicting fatalities, Ukrainian authorities have stated.
Many individuals have been additionally injured and video shared on social media confirmed explosions, buildings on fireplace and the aftermath of the strikes. Russia additionally attacked a number of different areas in Ukraine.
Newsweek has contacted the Russian protection ministry for remark.
The strikes passed off solely hours after Russia and Ukraine every handed over 390 prisoners of conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage of the strikes’ aftermath and stated they confirmed that Moscow has no intentions of ending the conflict.
On Saturday, Zelensky posted on X how missile and drone fragments have been being cleared up in Kyiv, the place rescue and emergency operations have been ongoing.
“There are fatalities. My condolences to the households and family members,” he wrote, with out specifying how many individuals had died.
The Ukrainian Air Drive stated that Russia launched 14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 250 assault drones. Defenses managed to down six ballistic missiles and 128 drones, whereas one other 117 drones disappeared from radar and have been thwarted by digital warfare, the assertion stated.
Fragments of Russian missiles and drones are being cleared in Kyiv. Rescue and emergency operations are ongoing on the websites of strikes and particles impacts — wherever they’re wanted. There have been many fires and explosions within the metropolis in a single day. As soon as once more, residential buildings,… pic.twitter.com/F3szA4gCJz
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 24, 2025
The capital was the principle goal however missiles additionally hit the areas of Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv metropolis army administration, stated that drone wreckage fell in a number of areas, inflicting accidents and harm to vehicles.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported {that a} constructing had caught fireplace within the metropolis’s Solomianskyi district. Native officers stated a minimum of 15 individuals had been injured and drone wreckage fell in a number of areas. A shopping mall was broken within the Obolonskyi district.
Zelensky’s submit stated that the assault confirmed Moscow needs to delay the conflict it began and that Ukraine’s proposal for a ceasefire, “each a full one and one within the skies…has been ignored.”
He referred to as for additional sanctions from the U.S., Europe and all Kyiv’s allies saying that solely concentrating on key sectors of the Russian financial system would power a ceasefire.
In the meantime, Ukrainian drones focused a army website website within the metropolis of Yelets in Russia’s Lipetsk area, based on the ASTRA and SHOT Telegram channels.
The Energiya plant, which makes batteries and provides the Russian protection ministry, was focused on Friday in a second drone assault on the ability in two days. Native residents reported explosions, with drone particles damaging house blocks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on X: “It was a troublesome evening for all of Ukraine — 250 strike drones, absolutely the majority of them Iranian “Shaheds,” and 14 ballistic missiles…all strikes focused civilians.”
The mixed drone and missile assault indicators that Moscow has no intention of slowing down its strikes on Ukrainian territory suggesting no imminent breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations.
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