{"id":10906,"date":"2026-05-24T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10906"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:51:00","slug":"russia-launches-heavy-missile-strikes-on-kyiv-after-ukraine-drone-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10906","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches heavy missile strikes on Kyiv after Ukraine drone attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p> Mayor Vitali Klitschko said five people had been wounded and one of them was hospitalized.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/24\/897aa625-55bb-4559-8c4a-d3cf7d5fd563\/thumbnail\/620x414\/4a8e56b215f9d13a47061465c894967a\/gettyimages-2277375233.jpg#\" alt=\"Russia launches heavy missile strikes on Kyiv \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/24\/897aa625-55bb-4559-8c4a-d3cf7d5fd563\/thumbnail\/620x414\/4a8e56b215f9d13a47061465c894967a\/gettyimages-2277375233.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/24\/897aa625-55bb-4559-8c4a-d3cf7d5fd563\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/0cdb87062996577d0cbda3f1f7666191\/gettyimages-2277375233.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Residents take shelter in a metro station in central Kyiv during a Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital early on May 24, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ania TSOUKANOVA \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There are currently reports of at least 4 locations affected by the attack: Shevchenkivsky, Dniprovsky and Podilsky districts. Fires and damage to residential buildings are preliminarily reported,&#8221; Tkachenko said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A strike drone attack is ongoing; the ballistic missile threat remains present. Stay in shelters!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Ukrainian authorities and the U.S. Embassy had earlier warned of a possible significant attack on the capital after Russia said it would &#8220;punish&#8221; those responsible for deadly strikes in a part of eastern Ukraine under its control.<\/p>\n<p> Klitschko said medical teams were called to the Podilsky district in Kyiv&#8217;s northwest, where debris fell in a non-residential area.<\/p>\n<p> The attack also sparked a fire near a residential building in nearby Shevchenkivsky, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv had earlier warned it was expecting a major Russian missile attack after its own forces launched a drone barrage in the Russian-occupied east, which Moscow said hit a college dormitory and killed at least 18 people.<\/p>\n<p> Launched overnight on Thursday to Friday, the drone salvo \u2014 one of Ukraine&#8217;s deadliest such strikes in months \u2014 also wounded 42 in Starobilsk, in the occupied Lugansk region, trapping people beneath the debris.<\/p>\n<p> Ukraine denied targeting civilians, saying it had hit a Russian drone unit stationed in the Starobilsk area.<\/p>\n<p> Russia&#8217;s foreign ministry said on Friday that those responsible would face &#8220;inevitable and severe punishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> On Saturday, both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued warnings about the risk of a major Russian airstrike in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We are seeing signs of preparation for a combined strike on Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv, involving various types of weaponry,&#8221; including the Oreshnik, a Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, Zelenskyy said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. Embassy said it had &#8220;received information concerning a potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next 24 hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Ukraine regularly targets Russian-controlled areas of the country with drones, saying the strikes are retaliation <span class=\"link\">for Russian attacks<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Russia&#8217;s emergency ministry said on Saturday it had pulled two more bodies from the rubble of the dormitory, taking the death toll to 18.<\/p>\n<p> Video shared by the ministry showed dozens of rescuers sifting through what remained of a section of the five-story building.<\/p>\n<p> Most of those killed and missing were young women born between 2003 and 2008, according to a list of casualties published by the Moscow-backed governor of occupied Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The region and the entire country share the fate of these people and the pain of their families,&#8221; he said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p> The United Nations said on Friday it &#8220;strongly condemns any attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, wherever they occur,&#8221; adding it could not verify details due to restricted access to the area.<\/p>\n<p> Starobilsk lies about 40 miles from the front line in eastern Ukraine. It was captured by Russian forces in the early months of the offensive in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> Kyiv has recently <span class=\"link\">expanded its drone capabilities<\/span> and stepped up strikes on undisputed Russian territory, including residential areas and oil export infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p> Moscow has launched mass barrages of missiles and drones at Ukraine almost daily since the full-scale offensive began in 2022, also hitting infrastructure and causing civilian deaths. 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