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Dubai Eye
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Ukraine says 15 people hurt in 'massive' Russian attack on capital
Russia launched dozens of attack drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring at least 15 people. In the early hours of the morning, Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the city. The capital also reverberated with the sound of anti-aircraft batteries trying to bring down the drones. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part of another as emergency crews trained water on it. An orange-red glow lit up the city as plumes of smoke wafted across the horizon. By morning, the Kyiv city military administration reported damage in six districts of the Ukrainian capital, and a total so far of 14 people wounded. As dawn broke on Saturday, residents at an apartment building just outside the centre of Kyiv were surveying the damage caused by drones. Dozens of windows had been shattered, and balconies on one side of the building were smashed. "I wish they'd agree to a ceasefire. To bomb people like this," said Olha Chyrukha, a 64-year-old resident. "The poor children! My three-year-old granddaughter was screaming scared." A 62-year-old resident, who gave only her first name of Kateryna, said, "It is a great distress for people. The first thing that I thought is that people got hurt for nothing." Both Ukraine and Russia said they will comply with a request from US President Donald Trump to hold fresh talks about a peace deal. The two sides carried out a major prisoner exchange on Friday, which Trump welcomed as the first step towards more positive developments. However, Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of not being serious about seeking an end to the fighting. Ukraine's air force said that Russia had fired 14 ballistic missiles at targets across Ukraine overnight and launched 250 long-range drones, with Kyiv the main target. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the overnight attacks. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fragments from one drone struck the top floor of an apartment building in the Solomynskyi district on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which bisects the city. One apartment building was on fire in the area as was one non-residential building. Timur Tkachenko, head of the military administration, said a fire had also broken out on two floors of an apartment building in Dniprovskyi district on the opposite bank. Officials also reported a fire in Obolon in the city's northern suburbs and fallen debris on a shopping centre in the same area. They said drone fragments hit open ground in a number of other widely separated neighbourhoods. The overnight strikes followed several days of Ukrainian drone attacks - some 800 attacks - on targets inside Russia, including the capital Moscow.
ARN News Center
24-05-2025
- Politics
- ARN News Center
Ukraine says 15 people hurt in 'massive' Russian attack on capital
Russia launched dozens of attack drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring at least 15 people. In the early hours of the morning, Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the city. The capital also reverberated with the sound of anti-aircraft batteries trying to bring down the drones. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part of another as emergency crews trained water on it. An orange-red glow lit up the city as plumes of smoke wafted across the horizon. By morning, the Kyiv city military administration reported damage in six districts of the Ukrainian capital, and a total so far of 14 people wounded. As dawn broke on Saturday, residents at an apartment building just outside the centre of Kyiv were surveying the damage caused by drones. Dozens of windows had been shattered, and balconies on one side of the building were smashed. "I wish they'd agree to a ceasefire. To bomb people like this," said Olha Chyrukha, a 64-year-old resident. "The poor children! My three-year-old granddaughter was screaming scared." A 62-year-old resident, who gave only her first name of Kateryna, said, "It is a great distress for people. The first thing that I thought is that people got hurt for nothing." Both Ukraine and Russia said they will comply with a request from US President Donald Trump to hold fresh talks about a peace deal. The two sides carried out a major prisoner exchange on Friday, which Trump welcomed as the first step towards more positive developments. However, Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of not being serious about seeking an end to the fighting. Ukraine's air force said that Russia had fired 14 ballistic missiles at targets across Ukraine overnight and launched 250 long-range drones, with Kyiv the main target. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the overnight attacks. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fragments from one drone struck the top floor of an apartment building in the Solomynskyi district on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which bisects the city. One apartment building was on fire in the area as was one non-residential building. Timur Tkachenko, head of the military administration, said a fire had also broken out on two floors of an apartment building in Dniprovskyi district on the opposite bank. Officials also reported a fire in Obolon in the city's northern suburbs and fallen debris on a shopping centre in the same area. They said drone fragments hit open ground in a number of other widely separated neighbourhoods. The overnight strikes followed several days of Ukrainian drone attacks - some 800 attacks - on targets inside Russia, including the capital Moscow.
The Herald
24-05-2025
- The Herald
Ukraine says 15 people hurt in 'massive' Russian attack on capital
As dawn broke on Saturday, residents at an apartment building just outside the centre of Kyiv were surveying the damage caused by drones. Dozens of windows had been shattered, and balconies on one side of the building were smashed. 'I wish they'd agree to a ceasefire. To bomb people like this,' said Olha Chyrukha, a 64-year-old resident. 'The poor children! My three-year-old granddaughter was screaming scared.' The Obolon district on the north-western edge of Kyiv was the worst hit, officials said. A resident there, 42-year-old Olha Kalina, said her apartment was struck. She was spending the night with her own parents elsewhere, but two of her children, aged 20 and 13, were in the apartment. 'The kids rang me at three in the morning and said: 'Mum, we've been hit. The balcony's on fire'.' Kalina rushed to the scene, and found her children sheltering in a nearby underground car park, their faces blackened from smoke. She said the apartment was no longer habitable because of fire damage.
The Independent
24-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv accuses Moscow of executing more than 150 prisoners of war
Buildings damaged and residents left in 'distress' after latest drone attack In the early hours of the morning, Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the city. The capital also reverberated with the sound of anti-aircraft batteries trying to bring down the drones. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part of another as emergency crews trained water on it. An orange-red glow lit up the city as plumes of smoke wafted across the horizon. By morning, the Kyiv city military administration reported damage in six districts of the Ukrainian capital, and a total so far of 14 people wounded. As dawn broke on Saturday, residents at an apartment building just outside the centre of Kyiv were surveying the damage caused by drones. Dozens of windows had been shattered, and balconies on one side of the building were smashed. "I wish they'd agree to a ceasefire. To bomb people like this," said Olha Chyrukha, a 64-year-old resident. "The poor children! My three-year-old granddaughter was screaming scared."
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia launches major aerial attack on Ukraine capital
At least 14 people have been injured in a major Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, city authorities say. Russia launched 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles against Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said, causing fires in residential buildings. It was one of the biggest combined aerial assaults on the city since the war began. The air force said it had downed six missiles and 245 drones. "With each such attack, the world becomes more certain that the cause of prolonging the war lies in Moscow," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X. The barrage came hours after Russia and Ukraine took part in a prisoner swap agreed after talks between the two countries' officials in Turkey. Describing a "difficult night", Zelensky said there had been fires and explosions across Kyiv with homes, businesses and cars damaged by strikes or falling debris. Olha Chyrukha, a 64-year-old local resident who lives just outside central Kyiv, told Reuters news agency: "I wish they'd agree to a ceasefire. To bomb people like this - poor children. My three-year-old granddaughter was screaming scared." Zelensky said only "additional sanctions targeting key sectors of the Russian economy" could push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. Last week, Russia said Ukraine had launched hundreds of exploding drones at the country, including strikes over Moscow. The Russia's Ministry of Defence said that 485 drones had been shot down. Hectic two weeks leaves Russia confident - and peace in Ukraine feeling no closer Ukraine and Russia take part in biggest prisoner swap since 2022 invasion
