Ukrainian overseas minister describes air assaults on third day of prisoner swap as greatest in weeks.
Russia has focused Ukraine for a second consecutive evening with drones and missiles, killing at the very least 12 individuals as the 2 nations pursue a serious prisoner swap.
Ukraine’s air power stated on Sunday that Russian forces attacked Ukrainian areas with 298 drones and 69 missiles in a single day, one of many largest aerial assaults of the conflict.
“Most areas of Ukraine have been affected by the hostile assault. Enemy air strikes have been recorded in 22 areas, and downed cruise missiles and assault UAVs (drones) fell in 15 places,” the air power stated on Telegram.
Ukraine’s safety service reported that at the very least 4 individuals have been killed and 16 have been injured within the capital, Kyiv.
The nation’s emergency service reported that three kids – aged eight, 12 and 17 – have been killed within the area of Zhytomyr, whereas one other particular person was killed within the southern metropolis of Mykolaiv.
4 others have been killed in assaults throughout the Khmelnytskyi area, Sergiy Tyurin, the deputy head of the regional army administration, stated in a submit on Telegram, including that civilian infrastructure had been destroyed.
Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha stated it had been a “troublesome Sunday morning in Ukraine after a sleepless evening” following “essentially the most large Russian air assault in lots of weeks”.
A troublesome Sunday morning in Ukraine after a sleepless evening. Probably the most large Russian air assault in lots of weeks lasted all evening.
Russia launched a whole lot of drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles into Ukrainian cities and communities throughout the evening, injuring and… pic.twitter.com/FcawH6DJD4
— Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) May 25, 2025
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram that “greater than a dozen enemy drones” have been within the airspace across the capital.
He reported harm to a scholar dormitory in Holosiivskyi district, a home in Dniprovskyi district and a residential constructing in Shevchenkivskyi district.
In the meantime, Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated its forces shot down 110 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated 12 drones flying in the direction of the Russian capital had been intercepted.
Restrictions have been imposed on at the very least 4 airports, together with the principle hub Sheremetyevo, the Russian civilian aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, stated.
Main prisoner swap
The 2 sides traded fireplace as they engaged of their greatest prisoner swap since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Kyiv and Moscow agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of conflict and civilian detainees every in talks held in Istanbul, Turkiye, earlier this month – the primary time the 2 sides had met nose to nose for peace talks.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s Defence Ministry stated both sides introduced residence 307 extra troopers on Saturday, a day after every launched a complete of 390 servicemen and civilians.
Zelenskyy stated on his official Telegram channel that additional releases are anticipated on Sunday.
The Russian Defence Ministry additionally stated it anticipated the trade to proceed.
The renewed assaults adopted an enormous wave of assaults the day before today, with Ukraine reporting on Saturday that Russia had hit it with 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles, whereas Russia stated it was attacked by at the very least 100 Ukrainian drones.
