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News24
4 days ago
- Politics
- News24
4 dead as Russia hits Ukraine with barrage of drones, peace talks on hold
Russia attacked Ukraine with a drone strikes. Four people were killed and at least 20 wounded in Kyiv. Ukrainian strikes overnight on Russia wounded three people. Russia carried out a barrage of drone strikes across Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and wounding 20 in the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Friday. 'Kyiv came under another attack involving UAVs and ballistic missiles. Rescuers are responding to the aftermath at several locations across the city,' the State Emergency Service of Ukraine wrote on Telegram. Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four people have been confirmed dead in the capital, and 20 wounded - 16 of whom were hospitalised. Several fires broke out in various districts as a result of the shelling, including at a residential building, a civil infrastructure facility and a metal hangar. The shelling damaged train tracks in the Kyiv region, with Ukraine's national railway operator warning of 90-minute delays. Several strikes also hit western Ukraine's city of Lutsk and Ternopil region. 'Today, the enemy carried out the most massive air attack on our region to date. There are multiple strikes,' Ternopil's regional military administration chief Vyacheslav Negoda said. 'We have begun extinguishing fires and assessing the damage and other consequences.' The shelling in Lutsk wounded five people. 'We also have numerous broken windows in private homes, several educational institutions, and one damaged government facility,' the city's mayor Igor Polishchuk said on Telegram. Buildings and cars were also damaged in the western city of Khmelnytsky, the region's governor said. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has vowed to take revenge following a recent drone attack by Kyiv on Russian soil, which destroyed billions of dollars' worth of nuclear-capable bombers. Meanwhile, Ukrainian strikes overnight on Russia wounded three people in the western Tula region. Andriy Andriyenko/65th Mechanised Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP Russian air defence forces shot down a drone heading for Moscow, the capital's mayor said. 'In total, an attempted attack by 10 enemy drones targeting Moscow has been successfully repelled,' Mayor Sergei Sobianin said. Putin appeared to rule out a ceasefire or any direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader said on Wednesday that Moscow had handed Kyiv an 'ultimatum', demanding Ukraine fully pull out of four regions Russia claims to have annexed but does not fully control.
LBCI
6 days ago
- General
- LBCI
Kremlin: Ukraine attacks Crimean bridge without causing losses
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that an explosion occurred following an attack by Kyiv on the Crimean Bridge, noting that no damage was sustained. Ukraine's domestic security service said on Tuesday it had detonated explosives planted underwater to blow up the bridge, which carries both vehicles and trains and connects Russia to the Crimean Peninsula. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated, 'An explosion occurred but caused no damage. Traffic on the bridge is ongoing. The Kyiv regime continues its attempts to target civilian infrastructure.' He added that Russia is taking precautionary measures. Reuters
LBCI
6 days ago
- General
- LBCI
Kremlin: Ukraine Attacked the Crimean Bridge Without Causing Losses
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that an explosion occurred following an attack by Kyiv on the Crimean Bridge, noting that no damage was sustained. Ukraine's domestic security service said on Tuesday it had detonated explosives planted underwater to blow up the bridge, which carries both vehicles and trains and connects Russia to the Crimean Peninsula. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated, 'An explosion occurred but caused no damage. Traffic on the bridge is ongoing. The Kyiv regime continues its attempts to target civilian infrastructure.' He added that Russia is taking precautionary measures. Reuters
Fox News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump says he's 'not happy' with Putin after massive Ukraine strike
President Donald Trump told journalists that he was "not happy" with Russia's recent large-scale strike against Ukraine while speaking to the press on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey, Trump accused Putin of "killing a lot of people" in the attack, which was launched on Sunday afternoon. "I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," Trump explained. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin." "I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he added. Trump said that Putin was "shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities" in the middle of negotiations. "I don't like what Putin is doing. Not even a little bit," the president emphasized. "He's killing people. And something happened to this guy." Trump's comments came after Russian forces launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight. The attack, which has been called the largest aerial attack of the war so far, targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said that at least 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured. Though past strikes have proven more deadly, the attack is the largest-scale aerial assault of the war in terms of the number of weapons: 298 drones and 69 missiles were launched. In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for an international response to the attack. "The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin," he wrote on Telegram. "Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia."
CBS News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners as airstrikes on Kyiv continue
Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Saturday, hours after a large-scale combined drone and missile attack injured more than a dozen people in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia launched a second round of drone strikes on Kyiv early Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's defense ministry said each side brought home 307 soldiers, a day after each released a total of 390 combatants and civilians. The swaps are seen as a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the three-year war. Friday's prisoner swap was the first phase of a complicated deal involving the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side. A local resident is seen at the site of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv on May 24, 2025. Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images The news of the prisoner swap came hours after Kyiv came under an attack that left at least 15 people injured, local officials said. Explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations. Russia attacked Ukraine with 14 ballistic missiles and 250 Shahed drones, officials said, adding that Ukrainian forces shot down six missiles and neutralized 245 drones – 1280 drones were shot down and 117 were thwarted using electronic warfare. The Kyiv City Military Administration said it was one of the biggest combined missile and drone attacks on the capital. "A difficult night for all of us," the administration said in a statement. People take shelter at Kontraktova Ploshcha subway station during a Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. Illia Novikov / AP However, Russia launched another set of drone strikes on Kyiv early on Sunday, injuring at least seven people, according to Reuters. Timur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said four people requested medical aid after a five-story apartment building was struck in the Holosiivskyi district just outside the city center, Reuters said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the building's exterior was damaged, and three people were injured in other city districts, Reuters reported. Tkachenko said "more than a dozen enemy drones" were in airspace around the capital early Sunday, according to the Agence France-Presse. "New ones are also approaching. Some of the drones over Kyiv and the surrounding area have already been dealt with. But the new ones are still entering the capital," he wrote on Telegram, per AFP. Reuters witnesses heard anti-aircraft units in operation around the city. The debris of intercepted missiles and drones from Saturday's attack fell in at least six city districts of the Ukrainian capital early Saturday, acting head of Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. According to Tkachenko, six people required medical care after the attack and two fires were sparked in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. The Obolon district, where a residential building was heavily damaged in the attack, was the hardest hit. There were at least five wounded in the area, the administration said. Yurii Bondarchuk, a resident, said the air raid siren "started as usual, then the drones started to fly around as they constantly do." Moments later, he heard a boom and saw shattered glass fly through the air. "The balcony is totally wiped out, as well as the windows and the doors," he said, describing the damage to his apartment as he stood in the dark of the night, smoking a cigarette to calm his nerves while firefighters worked to extinguish the flames. A local resident is seen cleaning her flat damaged by a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on May 24, 2025. Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images The air raid alert in Kyiv lasted more than seven hours, warning of incoming missiles and drones. Prior to Saturday's attack, Klitschko warned Kyiv residents of more than 20 Russian strike drones heading towards Kyiv. As the attack continued, he said drone debris fell on a shopping mall and a residential building in the Obolon district of Kyiv. Emergency services were headed to the site, Klitschko said. The prisoner swap on Friday was the first phase of a complicated deal involving the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side. Zelenskyy said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians, with further releases expected over the weekend that will make it the largest swap of the war. Russia's Defense Ministry said it received the same number from Ukraine. The swap took place at the border with Belarus in northern Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The largest prisoner POW exchange since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion takes place between Ukraine and Russia. Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images The released Russians were taken to Belarus for medical treatment, the Russian Defense Ministry said. As the freed men entered the medical facility Friday, people holding signs and photos of their relatives shouted names or brigade numbers, seeking any news of a loved one. The returning men inspected the photos, and a serviceman said he shared a cell with one of those on the sea of portraits held out toward him. "Vanya!" cried Nataliia Mosych, among the gathered relatives, "My husband!" The exchange, the latest of dozens of swaps since the war began and the biggest involving Ukrainian civilians at one time, didn't herald any halt in fighting. Battles continued along the roughly 620-mile front line, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and neither country has relented in its deep strikes. After the May 16 Istanbul meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called the prisoner swap a "confidence-building measure" and said the parties had agreed in principle to meet again. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that there has been no agreement yet on the venue for the next round of talks to end the fighting as diplomatic maneuvering continued. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday night that Moscow would give Ukraine a draft document outlining its conditions for a "sustainable, long-term, comprehensive" peace agreement once the ongoing prisoner exchange had finished. European leaders have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in peace efforts while he tries to press his larger army's battlefield initiative and capture more Ukrainian land. The Istanbul meeting revealed that both sides remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting. One such condition for Ukraine, backed by its Western allies, is a temporary ceasefire as a first step toward a peaceful settlement. On Monday, President Trump said he held a two-hour phone call with Putin which he described as "excellent." Asked by reporters if he thinks Putin wants peace, Mr. Trump responded, "I do," and asked if he trusts Putin, Mr. Trump responded, "I do." Mr. Trump added that he thinks "some progress has been made." Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said it had shot down 788 Ukrainian drones away from the battlefield between May 20 and May 23. Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 175 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as a ballistic missile since late Thursday.
