« The silence of America and other countries only encourages Putin » – Diepresse.com
The Ukrainian president speaks of Russian terror. According to him, it was the worst wave of attack since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. People died in several Ukrainian regions. The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for « stronger global pressure » on Russia.
Russia has covered Ukraine on Sunday night on Sunday, according to the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskij, with almost 300 drone attacks and around 70 strokes with rockets and marching aircraft. According to numbers, that would be the worst drone attacks since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. Selenskij said on platform X, Selenskij said in more than 30 Ukrainian cities and villages. There are also children among the dead.
According to the authorities, at least twelve people died in various regions of the country, dozens of others were injured. The air forces spoke of 298 drone attacks. Most recently, Ukrainian media had given the previous maximum number on May 18 with 289 flight objects. Measured on the number of fired floors, the youngest Russian attack would be the largest air raid in the war to date, although more people were killed in other attacks.
According to civil protection, two children aged eight and twelve died in the Schytomyr region and a 17-year-old. According to the emergency services, at least four people were killed in the main city region of Kyiv. Four deaths were also reported in the Chmelnyzkij region, and a dead man in South Ukrainian Mikolajiw.
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Destroyed houses in Kyiv after the Russian attacks on Sunday night, May 25, 2025. APA / AFP / Sergei Supinsky
Austrian calls for “stronger global pressure” on Russia
The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed itself on Sunday « horrified about Russia’s brutal attack » on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities. « Innocent civilians, including children, have been killed again. We urgently need stronger global pressure on Russia for ceasefire and negotiations for a permanent peace, » said a declaration of the ministry published in English and published on social media.
Selenskij: « The silence only encourages Putin »
It was the second night in a row in which Russia started a major attack on Ukraine. The attack on Sunday night was apparently even more extensive: On Saturday, the Air Force reported a Russian attack with 250 long-distance drones and 14 ballistic rockets.
Selenskij called the large -scale Russian air raid « terroristically » and asked the United States to comment on it. « The silence of America and other countries (Russia’s President Vladimir) only encourages Putin, » he wrote to Telegram and added: « Every terrorist Russian attack is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia. » Measured by the number of fired floors, the youngest Russian attack is the largest air raid in the war, although more people were killed in other attacks.
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A man in front of a block of apartment in the Obolonskij district, which was damaged by the stroke of rubble during the nightly Russian rocket and drone attack in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 24, 2025. Imago / Danylo Antoniuk
Attack on Kyiv
Authorities reported an attack with « dozens of drones » on Kiev in the early Sunday morning and warned of a possibly the following rocket attack. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said there was an “attack” on the city, but the air defense was active. « Stay in shelters, » he ordered. Explosions were heard.
« More than a dozen enemy drones » were in airspace over the capital, the head of the military administration of Kiev, Tymur Tkaschenko, said on Telegram. « Some of the drones about Kyiv and the surrounding area have already been shot down, » it said. However, other drones moved towards the capital, he warned. Drone debris had already fallen on a five -story house.
Civil goals met
The deputy army manager of the Chmelnyzkij region west of Kyiv reported four dead. « Last night the Chmelnyzkij region was hit by enemy Russian attacks in which civilian infrastructure was destroyed. Unfortunately, four people were killed, » said Sergij Tjurin in the Telegram online service and added that five people were injured.
Nocturnal attacks were also reported from the South Ukrainian regions of Cherson and Mikolajiw. According to emergency services, a man was killed in a drone attack on a residential building in Mikolajiw.
