{"id":7219,"date":"2025-05-25T08:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/12-dead-in-ukraine-as-russia-launches-one-of-biggest-airstrikes-on-kyiv\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T08:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:46:29","slug":"12-dead-in-ukraine-as-russia-launches-one-of-biggest-airstrikes-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/12-dead-in-ukraine-as-russia-launches-one-of-biggest-airstrikes-on-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Dead In Ukraine As Russia Launches One Of Biggest Airstrikes On Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <b class=\"place_cont\">Kyiv: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Russia has launched one of the biggest aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the start of the war, using missiles and drones, hours after the two sides began exchanging hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal seen as the first step towards a ceasefire. Russian strikes killed at least twelve people in Ukraine overnight on Sunday, with four deaths in the Kyiv region, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops, who are advancing slowly on the eastern front in Ukraine, have captured two settlements in Donetsk region as well as one in Ukraine&#8217;s northern region of Sumy, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. Since their failed advance on Kyiv in the first weeks of the war, Russian forces have been focusing on capturing the Donbas in the east, made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian forces likely struck Russia&#8217;s Migalovo Airbase tonight, with multiple explosions spotted in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The base is home to a number of Russian heavy transport aircraft. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70nE1A4m6o\">pic.twitter.com\/70nE1A4m6o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osinttechnical\/status\/1926480538170249460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s air force said\u00a0Russia\u00a0had launched 298 drones and 69 missiles in its overnight assault, although it said it was able to down 266 drones and 45 missiles.\u00a0Damage extended to a string of regional centres, including Ukraine&#8217;s second-largest city, Kharkiv, as well as Mykolaiv in the south and Ternopil in the west.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa DEATH FROM ABOVE: RUSSIA STRIKES UKRAINE AGAIN<\/p>\n<p>For the second night in a row, skies over Ukraine lit up\u2014not with fireworks, but with drones and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv woke up to flames and broken glass after a Russian drone slammed into a five-story apartment building, injuring\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lic1ZtUfla\">https:\/\/t.co\/lic1ZtUfla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxTafqKs8B\">pic.twitter.com\/vxTafqKs8B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1926495945874694229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 12 people had been killed and 60 more wounded. Earlier death tolls given separately by regional authorities and rescuers had put the number of dead at 13.<\/p>\n<p><!--#VuukleAD--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another night of Russian terror across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Missiles and drones struck Kyiv, the Kyiv region, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, and more.<br \/>Civilians killed. Homes destroyed. Families pulled from the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>This is not war. It&#8217;s terrorism. And it must end.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FMD0pikmkn\">pic.twitter.com\/FMD0pikmkn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna K \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@AnnaKozyarska) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaKozyarska\/status\/1926506452237107432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city&#8217;s military administration, said that some of the drones over Kyiv and the surrounding area have already been dealt with. But the new ones are still entering the capital, Kyiv. Overnight attacks were also reported in the Kherson region.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD1--><\/p>\n<p>This was the second large aerial attack in two days. On Friday evening,\u00a0Russia\u00a0launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv in waves that continued through the night.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was a &#8220;difficult night for all of Ukraine&#8221; and called for more sanctions on Moscow to achieve a ceasefire. But he also said he expected officials to press on with a prisoner swap agreed during talks last week in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD2--><\/p>\n<p>The latest offensive comes as the two sides pursue their biggest prisoner swap since Moscow&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 307 Russian prisoners of war were exchanged for the same number of Ukrainian soldiers, according to announcements in Kyiv and Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD3--><\/p>\n<p>Both sides received 390 people in the first stage on Friday and are expected to exchange 1,000 each in total.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has signalled it will send Ukraine its terms for a peace settlement after the exchange, without saying what those terms would be.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia has also accused Ukraine of targeting it with 788 drones and missiles since Tuesday. In Moscow, restrictions were imposed on at least four airports, including the main hub Sheremetyevo, the Russian civilian aviation authority said. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 12 drones flying towards the Russian capital had been intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv: Russia has launched one of the biggest aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the start of the war, using missiles and drones, hours after the two sides began exchanging hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal seen as the first step towards a ceasefire. 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