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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Blockbuster shopping centre in Kyiv damaged in Russian nighttime attack
The Blockbuster shopping and entertainment centre has been damaged in a Russian drone attack on the night of 23-24 May. Source: Ukrainian public broadcaster Hromadske Details: A Russian drone or debris hit the roof of the shopping centre. Repair crews are dealing with the aftermath of the hit. The aftermath of the Russian attack. Photo: Vlad Safronov, Hromadske Reports indicate that the shopping centre is open and welcomes visitors despite the attack. "Many stores are open, but some are still closed, such as the Sinsay clothing store, which was the most affected in the attack," Hromadske added. Background: An air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv on the evening of 23 May due to the threat of Russian attack drones and later ballistic missiles. People are reported to have been injured in Kyiv Oblast and the capital. Rescue workers are dealing with the aftermath of the strikes across multiple sites in the city. A fire broke out in flats on the 3rd and 4th floors of a 5-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district. Firefighters contained the fire using 30 personnel and 8 fire appliances. A fire broke out on the balconies of a 9-storey building on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors in the Obolonskyi district. A fire broke out in a one-storey non-residential building for the storage of paints and varnishes in the Sviatoshynskyi district in the Russian attack overnight. Efforts to deal with the aftermath of the strikes are ongoing. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian nighttime attack on Kyiv: 15 people injured, buildings and shopping centre damaged
A total of 15 people have been injured, and residential buildings in the Dniprovskyi, Solomianskyi and Obolonskyi districts have been damaged by UAVs and ballistic missiles as a result of a nighttime Russian attack on Kyiv. Source: Kyiv police Details: In addition to residential buildings, a shopping and entertainment centre, an educational institution, eight cars and a boiler house were damaged. In the Solomianskyi district, debris from a downed UAV hit an apartment on the fourth floor and started a fire. Seven people aged between 35 and 63 were injured. In the Dniprovskyi district, a married couple, a man and a woman aged 40 and 41, were injured when debris hit their apartment on the fourth floor. In the Obolonskyi district, four floors of a nine-storey residential building were damaged in a Russian attack. Five people sought medical assistance. One person was also injured in the Holosiivskyi district. Background: On the night of 23-24 May, Kyiv came under another Russian attack with UAVs and ballistic missiles. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
The Sun
24-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Putin launches massive blitz on Kyiv with 250 drones & 14 missiles just hours after beginning of bigger prisoner swap
VLADIMIR Putin launched a massive blitz targeting Ukraine's capital city Kyiv in one of the war's heaviest airstrikes. At least 14 people were injured in one of the biggest combined drone and ballistic missile attacks to date. 3 3 3 A fire broke out in apartments on the third and fourth floors of a five-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district. The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least four city districts of the Ukrainian capital early Saturday, said acting head of Kyiv military administration Tymur Tkachenko. According to Tkachenko, six people required medical care after the attack, and two fires were sparked in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. The State Emergency Service said: "Information on possible casualties is being confirmed." The air blitz came just hours after Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians. .
Asharq Al-Awsat
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Kyiv Comes Under Large-Scale Russian Drone, Missile Attack with Explosions Heard Throughout City
Ukraine's capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city, forcing many Kyiv residents to take shelter in underground subway stations. The nighttime Russian attack came hours after Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was agreed on by the two sides at a meeting in Istanbul last week. The agreement was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the three-year-old war. The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least four 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. Prior to the attack, city mayor Vitalii 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 Obolon district of Kyiv. Emergency services were headed to the site, Klitschko said. The prisoner swap Friday was the first phase of a complicated deal involving the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side. President Volodymyr 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 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. '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 1,000-kilometer (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 Sergei 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. 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.
Globe and Mail
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Globe and Mail
Kyiv comes under massive Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout city
Ukraine's capital came under a massive combined drone and missile attack late Friday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city. Many residents of Kyiv are taking shelter in the underground subway stations. The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least 4 city districts, acting head of Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. According to Tkachenko, six people required medical care after the attack, two fires sparked at Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. Prior to the attack, city mayor Vitalii Klitschko warned Kyiv residents of more than 20 Russian strike drones heading towards Kyiv.
