{"slug": "at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv", "title": "At least one killed after massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv", "summary": "A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv early Sunday killed at least one person and injured over 20, damaging residential buildings, schools, and other infrastructure across nine districts. The assault followed Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's warning of intelligence indicating Russia was preparing a strike using the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, though it was unclear if that weapon was deployed. The attack continued after sunrise, with local authorities reporting ongoing strikes on the capital.", "body_md": "The attack came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of intelligence that Russia would launch a significant attack using the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile. It was not immediately clear if the missile had been used in the overnight attack.\nRussia launched a wave of overnight strikes on Kyiv early on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving more than 20 injured, local authorities said.\nThe intense assault that shook buildings across the city center, including near government offices, residential buildings and schools.\n\"Tonight Kyiv region is once again enduring a mass enemy attack with strike drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles,\" said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the regional ministry administration.\nThe attack continued after sunrise, with more missiles and drones expected to hit Kyiv. Damage was recorded across at least nine districts of the capital including residential buildings, Kyiv military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said in a Telegram post.\nIn the Shevchenko district, a school building was damaged by an attack while people sheltered inside, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Local authorities reported supermarkets and warehouses across the city were also damaged.\nThe strikes came after Ukrainian President warned of intelligence indicating Russia was \"preparing a strike with the Oreshnik missile\". The hypersonic multiple-warhead Oreshnik was first used on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024. It was used a second time in January in the western Lviv region.\nPresident Vladimir Putin said the Oreshnik, which means “hazelnut tree” in Russian, streaks at 10 times the speed of sound and is capable of destroying underground bunkers “three, four or more floors down.”\nThe weapon travels “like a meteorite” and is immune to any missile defence system, Putin said, adding that several such missiles, even fitted with conventional warheads, could be as devastating as a nuclear strike.\nIt was not immediately clear if the missile had been used in the overnight attack.\nRussia had earlier also warned Ukraine would face \"inevitable and severe punishment\" for an alleged Ukrainian strike on a college dormitory in Russian-occupied Starobilsk in eastern Ukraine, which Moscow said killed 18 people.\nUkraine denied targeting civilians, saying it had hit a Russian Rubicon drone unit stationed in the Starobilsk area.\nMoscow has launched mass barrages of missiles and drones at Ukraine almost daily since the full-scale offensive began in 2022, often hitting civilian infrastructure and causing civilian deaths.\nUS-led efforts to negotiate an end to more than four years of war have slowed in recent months with Washington's attention diverted towards its conflict in the Middle East.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv", "canonical_source": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/24/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv", "published_at": "2026-05-24 06:04:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-24 06:05:24.205109+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": [], "entities": ["Volodymyr Zelenskyy", "Mykola Kalashnyk", "Tymur Tkachenko", "Vitalii Klitschko", "Oreshnik", "Kyiv", "Dnipro", "Russia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/at-least-one-killed-after-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv.jsonld"}}