OR Ukraine accepted early Sunday morning (25.5.25) a new mass Russian air attack that claimed life in at least nine peoplewhile in Moscow Ukrainian drones forced airports to temporarily close, a few hours before a last scheduled prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
This is the second night of significant attacks on Ukraine, since approximately 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles Russia launched had been identified on Friday night by Ukrainian air forces. Purpose of drones and of their rocket The Ukrainian capital.
Ukrainian immediate action services described today, in a message to Telegram, a “horror night in the Kiev region”. “The massive night attack caused four dead and 16 injured, including three children” in the area.
Russia’s overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine: at least 13 dead, over 50 injured
One of the most massive assaults in recent months targeted multiple regions across the country. Ukrainian officials report that Russia used 14 ballistic missiles and up to 250 drones.… pic.twitter.com/zcyV5W3SXG
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These services also reported that a man was found dead and five injured in the southern periphery of Mikolaifsince “a five -storey apartment building was hit by a drone during a night attack”, resulting in a fire.
Four people were also killed and five injured In the district of Khmelnitsky, a city of Western Ukraine, by Russian blows, Sergi Turin, deputy commander of the Region’s military administration, announced today, according to a first report.
More than 10 Russian drones were found early this morning in Kiev, according to city authorities, and reporters from the French Agency heard explosions. Most of the country was on alert for air attack after rocket launches.
Kyiv Hides Underground: Packed Stations, Children Crying During Russian Night Attack
A child’s crying and people sleeping on the floor — that was the scene in the Kyiv metro during last night’s Russian attack.
Some stations were packed to capacity, and many residents of the… pic.twitter.com/JSqzraYUIO
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The anti -aircraft defense has rejected five drones and eleven missiles only in the region of Krivi Rich, the leader of the Central Ukraine Olxandr Vicul said.
Local authorities pointed out that attacks were also made in the regions of Hersona and South Ukraine and Tranopil in the west.
“The enemy uses a large number of drones and rockets from strategic planes,” said Timur Tzachenko, head of the Kiev military administration in the early morning hours today.
“Kiev is there a mass attack,” the Mayor of Kiev later confirmed Row.
‘Over 10 Ukrainian drones over Moscow’
In Moscow, the mayor Sergei Sobyanin He spoke of more than 10 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft over the Russian capital, but he did not report victims.
“Immediate action staff are working on the scene where the debris fell,” he wrote on the Telegram.
Four Moscow airportsamong which the greatest, the Seremetievthey were temporarily closed and then reopened early this morning, according to the Rossaviatsia National Aviation Authority.
These attacks occur amid prisoners’ exchange, a last stop to which it is foreseen today. It was the only tangible result of the first direct talks between Russians and Ukrainians in mid -May in Constantinople.
Yesterday, Saturday, 307 Russian prisoners of war were exchanged with the same number of Ukrainian militaryKiev and Moscow announced.
The exchange of captives and military bodies killed in the battle remains one of the last areas of cooperation between Kiev and Moscow, while Russia holds about 20% of Ukrainian territory.