Russia launches mass attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian cities for second night in row

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Russia attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions overnight on May 24-25, causing explosions in multiple cities.

Eight people in Kyiv have been reported injured thus far, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.

The attacks come one night after one of the heaviest Russian assaults on Kyiv throughout the full-scale war. The attack also coincides with Kyiv Day, a city holiday typically celebrated on the last Sunday in May.

Ukraine’s Air Force warned late on May 24 that Russia had launched waves of drones towards multiple regions and also issued a ballistic missile warning shortly before midnight. Explosions were reported overnight in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Konotop, and Kharkiv, according to local officials and the news outlet Suspilne.

Later in the night, an aerial alert went into effect for all Ukrainian regions, including the country’s far-western oblasts.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said the capital was again under attack and advised residents to take shelter.

“The night will not be easy. There is a threat of the enemy using a large number of drones and missiles from strategic aircraft,” Tkachenko warned as air defenses actively repelled drones over Kyiv.

Debris from a falling drone struck a student dormitory in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, causing a fire, according to Klitschko. Four people were injured and received medical treatment on the spot.

Another person injured in the Desnianskyi district received medical attention at the scene, Klitschko said, while a second victim in the area was hospitalized. A house in the city’s Dniprovskyi district was also damaged. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that a young woman in the district was injured with a broken leg.

Drone wreckage fell in the yard of a residential building in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, Klitschko said. Doctors are examining one injured victim.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov also reported that drones struck the city’s Osnovianskyi, Novobavarskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts. A civilian enterprise in the Osnovianskyi district was damaged while an office building was hit in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

Glass shattered in several apartment buildings amid the attacks, Terekhov said. A child was injured by glass fragments and is receiving medical treatment.

Multiple rounds of explosions have been reported in Kyiv and other cities.

The previous night, Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack against Kyiv, injuring at least 15 people. The strikes caused explosions throughout the city and damaged residential buildings.

Russia continues to target residential neighbors in increasingly deadly aerial assaults while the Kremlin remains openly dismissive of international calls for a ceasefire.

‘It’s terrorism’ — Russia launches one of the heaviest strikes on Kyiv during full-scale war

Multiple people were injured as multiple waves of explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on May 24 during a massive Russian drone and missile attack.

The Kyiv IndependentVolodymyr Ivanyshyn