Russia attacks Kiev massively

According to authorities, at least two people have been killed during serious attacks with combat fears and rockets. There have also been more than 50 injured ʹ many of them sent to hospitals, as Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced on Sunday (24.05,2026) this morning at the telegram news service. Civil protection published photos and videos of major destructions in civil infrastructure and large fires that were extinguished by firefighters. Deutsche Welle's office in Kiev was also damaged by these massive attacks.

In the surrounding region, two more people were killed, according to administration chief Mykola Kalashnyk. Injured were other regions of Ukraine, such as Cerkas and Dnepropetrovsk, which were also hit by Russian attacks.

After sunrise, the rate of destruction became evident. According to the Air Force, Russia attacked Ukraine with a total of 600 fears and 90 rockets. Of them, 549 were scared and 55 rockets fell. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Syhbira described this as a “one of the biggest terrorist attacks on Kiev” since the beginning of the war.

Use of Oreshnik missile

Russia, according to its statements, again used the Oresnik-type medium-range rocket in Ukraine, which is particularly frightening to its destructive power. According to Interfax agency, the Defence Ministry in Moscow announced that this was a response to Serbia's “terrorist attacks against Ukraine's” on civilian facilities in Russia.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodyr Zelensky, referring to secret services reports from Ukraine, the US and Europe, had warned of the possible use of this new medium-range Russian hypersonic missile. Ukrainian media reported on Sunday, referring to the air force spokesman, that such a missile had really hit the Kiev region.

Firefighters put out many fires in Kiev. Russia has already used Oressnik for the third time against Ukraine. This rocket, according to President Vladimir Putin, cannot be seized due to its multiple speed larger than the speed of sound. The rocket has a radius of several thousand miles and can be equipped with a nuclear head. According to Putin, it flies more than ten times the speed of sound.

German government sees “a further escalation”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz strongly condemned Russian mass attacks. He wrote on the X platform that Germany “will continue to stand firmly on the side of Ukraine”. Foreign Minister Johann Wadeuphul spoke of a “shocking terror with rocket” and added: “The use of an Oresnik is a further escalation. ”

Russia had threatened with this new wave of attacks as retaliation against a Ukrainian attack on a professional school in Moscow's occupied region, Lugansk. On Friday (22.05,26), 21 students and students were killed, and many others were injured. The Ukrainian army rejected these accusations and claimed to have targeted a Russian control unit of fears. / DW