Tragic blow to Ukraine
On the night of May 25, 2025, Russian troops launched a massive attack on the territory of Ukraine, which killed 12 people and injured more than 60. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, 13 regions came under fire, including Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy and Poltava regions.
Civilian casualties
As a result of missile and drone attacks, residential buildings, industrial facilities and warehouses were destroyed and damaged. Four people were killed in the Kyiv region, including three children from one family living in the city of Korostyshiv. In the Zhytomyr region, three children were killed as a result of the Russian strike: eight-year-old Stanislav, 12-year-old Tamara and 17-year-old Roman Martynyuk. Their parents, according to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klymenko, are in hospital in serious condition. In the Khmelnytsky region, four people were killed in the shelling of private houses.
In Mykolaiv, a drone hit a five-story residential building, killing a man born in 1948. Five people were injured, including a teenager. Two women were rescued from the rubble, one of whom was hospitalized in serious condition. In Ternopil, a cruise missile, presumably a Kalibr, hit an industrial enterprise, causing a fire of about 1,000 square meters. In the Chernihiv region, warehouses and non-residential buildings burned down due to drone and missile strikes. In the Sumy region, Russian drones attacked a food enterprise in Sumy, damaging the roof and causing a fire.
Ukraine's reaction
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko called the strike "merciless" and said it was aimed at civilians. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that Russian troops had carried out "deliberate strikes on ordinary cities," destroying and damaging residential buildings. Zelensky called on world leaders to impose new sanctions on Russia and said the world's silence was only encouraging Putin.
Explanation from the Russian Ministry of Defense
In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the target of the massive strike on Ukraine was enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The department claims that the strike was carried out with "high-precision weapons" on enterprises producing missile weapons, electronics, explosives, rocket fuel and attack drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Press releases
US State Department spokesman Ned Price spoke about the incident. According to him, the United States condemns "targeted Russian attacks on civilian objects" in Ukraine. Price emphasized that the United States continues to provide military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to Price, the United States calls on Russia to immediately stop the violence and return to negotiations.
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