{"id":340055,"date":"2026-05-24T19:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=340055"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:27:36","slug":"russia-hits-kyiv-with-ballistic-missile-damages-buildings-and-schools-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/russia-hits-kyiv-with-ballistic-missile-damages-buildings-and-schools-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missile, damages buildings and schools – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed no less than two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, marking the third time the weapon has been utilized in the four-year war.<\/p>\n

The extraordinary aerial assault damaged buildings across the Ukrainian capital, including near government offices, residential buildings, schools and a market, Ukrainian authorities said. At the least 83 people were wounded within the attack.<\/p>\n

Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across town from strikes. Associated Press reporters heard powerful explosions near town center and shut to government buildings.<\/p>\n

The attack included 600 strike drones and 90 air, sea and ground-launched missiles, based on Ukraine\u2019s Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses destroyed and jammed 549 drones and 55 missiles. Around 19 missiles failed to achieve targets, the Air Force said.<\/p>\n

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Ferit Hoxha, Albania\u2019s foreign minister, reported that the residence of the Albanian ambassador to Ukraine was hit in the course of the attack, denouncing it as \u201cunacceptable\u201d and a \u201cgrave escalation\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Oreshnik, which is able to carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, struck town of Bila Tserkva within the Kyiv region, Zelenskyy said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

Russia had vowed to strike back for an attack Friday<\/h3>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry on Sunday confirmed the weapon\u2019s use, in addition to other missile types, to strike Ukrainian \u201cmilitary command and control facilities,\u201d air bases and military industrial enterprises. The ministry added the attack was retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on \u201ccivilian facilities on Russian territory,\u201d without giving detail.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denounced a drone strike on a university dormitory in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, which Moscow blamed on Kyiv. He said there have been no military or law enforcement facilities near the faculty. Putin said he ordered the Russian military to retaliate.<\/p>\n

The death toll from that strike had risen to 21, Russian authorities said late Saturday. They said 42 other people had been wounded within the attack the previous night. The Kremlin-installed authorities of the Luhansk region announced two days of mourning for the victims.<\/p>\n

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At a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting on the strike, held on the request of Russia, Ukrainian Ambassador Andrii Melnyk denied his Russian counterpart\u2019s accusations of war crimes, calling them a \u201cpure propaganda show\u201d and asserting that the May 22 operations \u201cexclusively targeted the Russian war machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kyiv\u2019s European allies, including France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron and Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz, condemned the Russian strikes and use of the Oreshnik in statements published on Sunday. Kaja Kallas, the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, said top diplomats from EU states will meet inside days to \u201cdiscuss find out how to dial up the international pressure on Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ukraine struggles to down all ballistic missiles<\/h3>\n

Zelenskyy said not all of the ballistic missiles were intercepted and that the majority of the strikes hit Kyiv, the first goal of the attack.<\/p>\n

The apparent interception failures underscored Ukraine\u2019s chronic shortage of air defense missiles able to downing ballistic missiles. Kyiv relies heavily on U.S. Patriot air defense systems to intercept such weapons, but interceptors remain briefly supply and are amongst Ukraine\u2019s most urgent requests to its Western partners.<\/p>\n

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Developing a domestically produced alternative has turn into a top priority for Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry, though doing so would require time and funding.<\/p>\n

Fires rage into the morning in Kyiv after attack<\/h3>\n
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