Russia intensified strikes in Ukraine overnight, with wide attacks across the country that affect most regions.
At least 12 people, including three children, were killed and dozens were injured in Russian drones and rocket shocks, regional officials and emergency services said.
Attack was the second big attack on the ground in 48 hours, which came the day after Ukrainian capital Kiev suffered one of the most difficult attacks from the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Saturday’s shocks, which killed 13 people across Ukraine, coming as diplomatic efforts to complete the fighting resulted in the exchange of prisoners, but Russia did not accept calls on recirement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched full invasion in Ukraine in February 2022. years, and Moscow currently controlled about 20% of Ukrainian territory.
This includes Crimea – the Ukrainian South Peninsula that enclosed Russia in 2014. years.
Ukraine The aviation power said it was local time (17:40 GMT), Russia performed strikes using 367 missiles of different species, unmanned antennas and drones.
The aviation forces said he recorded 45 cruise missiles and neutralized 266 UAVs, and most regions in Ukraine affected.
The aviation forces recorded hits on 22 locations and lowered cruise missiles and UAVs in 15 areas.
Strikes indicate intensification from the previous night, when the airline of Ukraine said that Russia was attacked by 14 ballistic missiles and 250 UAVs and drones, which affect six regions.
Deaths were reported in several regions after Saturday over night strikes.
In the Kiev region, four people were killed, and 16 injured, including three children, Ukraine state emergencies, said DSNS.
Regional head Kyiv Mykola Kalashnyk has released photos on social networks several houses set after Russian strikes.
In the capital of Kiev, local officials reported 11 injuries, multiple fires and damage to residential buildings, including dormitives.
Hundreds of people were seen to get out of the city metro underground stations. It comes as capital marks its annual holiday day on Sunday.
Khmelnytskyi Regional Serhiy Tyurin said on Facebook that four people were killed, and five were injured.
“Six private houses were destroyed, and another 20 damaged,” he added.
In Žijtyr, DSNS said three children aged eight, 12 and 17 killed, 10 people injured and private homes “destroyed and damaged.”
DSNS also said that the body of the older man is pulling out of a five-story residential building that hit the drone in Mykolaiv. Five more people were injured.
In Khark’s regional authorities reported three injuries.
In Russia, the Ministry of Defense stated that 110 Ukrainian drones were destroyed and intercepted over 12 Russian regions and the Krima peninsula between midnight and 0700 local time.
Mayor Moscow Sergei Sobyanin reported that 12 drones that headed towards the capital.
He added that the crews for emergencies were arranged for assessing the damage caused by decreasing drone debris.
In the Tula region, south of Moscow, the drone wreck collapsed in the yard of the residential building, breaking windows in a series of apartments, the local governor Dmitriy Milyaev.
No one was injured, he added.
Attacks came as Russia and Ukraine participate in exchange for prisoners agreed after the conversation between the two sides in Turkey.
Ukraine and Russia, in the greatest exchange of prisoners and civilians, in the greatest exchange of prisoners, because Russia has launched its full attack in February 2022. years.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 307 Ukrainian prisoners returned home as part of the exchange with the Kremlin.
The two countries agreed to replace a total of 1,000 prisoners, and another exchange is expected on Sunday.
Swap follows the first conversations on two sides between the two sides in three years, which took place in Turkey.
Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump and Putin had a two-hour phone call to discuss American Ukraine Ukraine Treaty Treaty.
Trump said he believed that the invitation went “very well,” and added that Russia and Ukraine would “immediately start” negotiations on the recircciliar fire and the “end of the war”.
However, Putin just said Russia would work with Ukraine to craft “memorandum” on “possible future peace,” and did not accept 30-day recircciliaries.
2025-05-25 08:02:00
