Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv kill at least four people
Key takeaways
- Two people are killed in the capital itself and two in the Kyiv region while 40 locations are damaged.
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- The explosions started just after 1am on Sunday (22:00 GMT on Saturday) after warnings by Ukraine’s air force that Russia might launch a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile.
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Two people are killed in the capital itself and two in the Kyiv region while 40 locations are damaged.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A building burns after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 24, 2026 [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]By AFP and Reuters Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026Russia has hit Kyiv and its surrounding areas with a large missile and drone attack, killing four people and wounding more than 60, Ukrainian authorities say, after Moscow had threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
The explosions started just after 1am on Sunday (22:00 GMT on Saturday) after warnings by Ukraine’s air force that Russia might launch a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile.