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While Trump says no more sanctions on my friend, Russia launches one of its biggest aerial attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war
"The blindness of Putin's friends
"Ukraine strikes Russian cities in 'mass drone attack'
as Zelenskyy rejects Putin's offer of three-day truce"
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Chechnya’s Kadyrov wanted to resign. Or did he?
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Russian fighter jet 'violated NATO territory' after Estonia tried to detain 'shadow fleet' tanker
"[...]If, tomorrow, Donald Trump abandoned his quest to annex Greenland and committed himself
to the defense of Ukraine and the perpetuation of NATO, it would not matter. The free world
now understands that its long-term security plans must be made with the understanding
that America is a potential adversary, not an ally."
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10h ago
Ukraine says Russia has fired 14 ballistic missiles overnight, local time. (Reuters: Supplied)
In short:
Russia has launched a "massive" drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight, which officials have described as one of the largest of the war.
There has been damage in six districts of Kyiv, and a total of 15 people wounded, according to authorities.
What's next?
The attack comes just hours after Russia and Ukraine exchanged several hundred prisoners.
Russia has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post it had been a "tough night" for Ukraine, and called for new international sanctions to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire.
Russia and Ukraine exchange 390 prisoners
Russia and Ukraine have released 390 prisoners and say more will be exchanged in coming days.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/russia-and-ukraine-begin-biggest-prisoner-swap-since-war-began/105331726
Hours before the drones and missiles reached Kyiv, Russia and Ukraine had exchanged several hundred prisoners on the second day of an extended swap set to be the largest in the three-year war.
Mr Zelenskyy said 307 of his country's service personnel returned home and posted on Telegram: "Tomorrow we expect more."
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.
Photographs from Reuters showed an orange-red glow lighting up the city as plumes of smoke blew across the horizon.
On the top floor of one apartment building, smoke and flames billowed out of a balcony window as firefighters tried to approach.
By daybreak, government officials reported damage in six districts of Kyiv, and a total of 15 people wounded.
Three required hospitalisation and two of the injured were children, the officials said.
The city's military administration described it as one of the biggest combined drone and missile attacks of the war.
The attacks come as US President Donald Trump is encouraging Russia and Ukraine to sit down for ceasefire talks to end the war, but has pushed back against a European plan to impose new sanctions on Russia.
Mr Trump suggested the earlier prisoner exchange could be a prelude to progress on peace talks.
Emergency workers at a residential building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP: Alex Babenko)
Halyna Tatarchuk, a 63-year-old pensioner, was in her apartment when a drone hit the building.
She and her husband were in the corridor, away from the windows.
"That saved us," she said.
She fled to a bomb shelter at a nearby school, then at daylight returned to inspect the damage.
All the windows of her apartment were smashed, and the floor was covered in fragments of glass.
Russia launches major aerial assault on Ukrainian capital. (Reuters: Supplied)
"I'd like Trump to see this," she said, standing in her kitchen.
"What's he doing? Can he really not see this? …It's the destruction of a people, they are just destroying us,"
In the street below her third-floor windows, trees had been splintered by the blast and car windows were smashed.
Municipal workers were using a mini-excavator to clear up debris from the ground.
Ceasefire talks
Ukraine's air force said that Russia had fired 14 ballistic missiles across Ukraine overnight and launched 250 long-range drones, with Kyiv the main target.
The missiles followed several days of Ukrainian drone strikes — some 800 attacks — on targets inside Russia, including the capital Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had vowed on Friday to respond to those attacks.
VIDEO - Russia and Ukraine complete biggest prisoner swap since invasion began (Syan Vallance)
Kremlin negotiators said they were preparing a memorandum that would serve as the starting point for the next round of peace talks.
No date or venue has been agreed.
"Russia still has not sent its 'peace memorandum.' Instead, it is sending deadly drones and missiles at civilians," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a post on the Telegram social media platform.
In his own post on Telegram, Mr Zelenskyy said the attacks were evidence to the rest of the world that Russia is the obstacle to peace.
"Only additional sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy will force Moscow to agree to a ceasefire."
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the overnight attacks.
On Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry said its troops had captured the settlements of Stupochki, Otradne and Loknia in Ukraine's Donetsk and Sumy regions.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield report.
Reuters
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/russia-launches-aerial-attack-kyiv/105333044
"The blindness of Putin's friends
"Ukraine strikes Russian cities in 'mass drone attack'
as Zelenskyy rejects Putin's offer of three-day truce"
See also:
Chechnya’s Kadyrov wanted to resign. Or did he?
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176218668
Russian fighter jet 'violated NATO territory' after Estonia tried to detain 'shadow fleet' tanker
"[...]If, tomorrow, Donald Trump abandoned his quest to annex Greenland and committed himself
to the defense of Ukraine and the perpetuation of NATO, it would not matter. The free world
now understands that its long-term security plans must be made with the understanding
that America is a potential adversary, not an ally."
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176197117
10h ago
Ukraine says Russia has fired 14 ballistic missiles overnight, local time. (Reuters: Supplied)
In short:
Russia has launched a "massive" drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight, which officials have described as one of the largest of the war.
There has been damage in six districts of Kyiv, and a total of 15 people wounded, according to authorities.
What's next?
The attack comes just hours after Russia and Ukraine exchanged several hundred prisoners.
Russia has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post it had been a "tough night" for Ukraine, and called for new international sanctions to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire.
Russia and Ukraine exchange 390 prisoners
Russia and Ukraine have released 390 prisoners and say more will be exchanged in coming days.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/russia-and-ukraine-begin-biggest-prisoner-swap-since-war-began/105331726
Hours before the drones and missiles reached Kyiv, Russia and Ukraine had exchanged several hundred prisoners on the second day of an extended swap set to be the largest in the three-year war.
Mr Zelenskyy said 307 of his country's service personnel returned home and posted on Telegram: "Tomorrow we expect more."
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.
Photographs from Reuters showed an orange-red glow lighting up the city as plumes of smoke blew across the horizon.
On the top floor of one apartment building, smoke and flames billowed out of a balcony window as firefighters tried to approach.
By daybreak, government officials reported damage in six districts of Kyiv, and a total of 15 people wounded.
Three required hospitalisation and two of the injured were children, the officials said.
The city's military administration described it as one of the biggest combined drone and missile attacks of the war.
The attacks come as US President Donald Trump is encouraging Russia and Ukraine to sit down for ceasefire talks to end the war, but has pushed back against a European plan to impose new sanctions on Russia.
Mr Trump suggested the earlier prisoner exchange could be a prelude to progress on peace talks.
Emergency workers at a residential building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP: Alex Babenko)
Halyna Tatarchuk, a 63-year-old pensioner, was in her apartment when a drone hit the building.
She and her husband were in the corridor, away from the windows.
"That saved us," she said.
She fled to a bomb shelter at a nearby school, then at daylight returned to inspect the damage.
All the windows of her apartment were smashed, and the floor was covered in fragments of glass.
Russia launches major aerial assault on Ukrainian capital. (Reuters: Supplied)
"I'd like Trump to see this," she said, standing in her kitchen.
"What's he doing? Can he really not see this? …It's the destruction of a people, they are just destroying us,"
In the street below her third-floor windows, trees had been splintered by the blast and car windows were smashed.
Municipal workers were using a mini-excavator to clear up debris from the ground.
Ceasefire talks
Ukraine's air force said that Russia had fired 14 ballistic missiles across Ukraine overnight and launched 250 long-range drones, with Kyiv the main target.
The missiles followed several days of Ukrainian drone strikes — some 800 attacks — on targets inside Russia, including the capital Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had vowed on Friday to respond to those attacks.
VIDEO - Russia and Ukraine complete biggest prisoner swap since invasion began (Syan Vallance)
Kremlin negotiators said they were preparing a memorandum that would serve as the starting point for the next round of peace talks.
No date or venue has been agreed.
"Russia still has not sent its 'peace memorandum.' Instead, it is sending deadly drones and missiles at civilians," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a post on the Telegram social media platform.
In his own post on Telegram, Mr Zelenskyy said the attacks were evidence to the rest of the world that Russia is the obstacle to peace.
"Only additional sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy will force Moscow to agree to a ceasefire."
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the overnight attacks.
On Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry said its troops had captured the settlements of Stupochki, Otradne and Loknia in Ukraine's Donetsk and Sumy regions.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield report.
Reuters
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/russia-launches-aerial-attack-kyiv/105333044
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