Largest ever Russian attack on Ukraine kills 12 and injures over 60 people

Twelve people were killed and more than 60 injured on the night of 24-25 May in Russia’s largest ever combined attack on Ukraine.

Source: Ukraine’s Minister of Interior Ihor Klymenko on Telegram

Details: Thirteen Ukrainian regions came under attack from Russian forces: Kyiv city, Kyiv oblast, and Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy and Poltava oblasts.

More than 80 residential buildings have been damaged. Firefighters have recorded 27 fires and are still working to contain the flames at three locations.

Quote: "As of now, more than 70 people have been affected: 12 have been killed and more than 60 injured.

Among the dead are three children from the same family in Zhytomyr Oblast. Their parents are in hospital; their mother is in a serious condition."

Background: Russian forces launched a combined aerial attack on Ukraine on the night of 24-25 May, deploying 367 aerial weapons. More than 310 of them either were destroyed or disappeared from radar (without causing adverse effects).

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