Russia launches hundreds more drones at Ukraine, killing three people

President Zelenskyy says rescue operations proceed aft Russia utilized ‘more than 1,560 drones’ during its overnight attacks.

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s superior Kyiv, sidesplitting astatine slightest 3 radical and wounding 40 others, Ukrainian authorities person said.

The Ukrainian subject said connected Thursday that the overnight strikes deed six districts of Kyiv and different six successful the surrounding areas. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said attacks had targeted ports successful the confederate Odesa portion and railways.

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In a station connected X, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said rescue operations were continuing pursuing an onslaught connected a nine-storey gathering successful Kyiv aft Russia launched “more than 670 onslaught drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine”.

“In total, since midnight yesterday, Russia has utilized much than 1,560 drones against our cities and communities. These are decidedly not the actions of those who judge the warfare is coming to an end,” helium wrote connected Thursday.

“It is important that partners bash not stay soundless astir this strike. And it is arsenic important to proceed supporting the extortion of our skies,” Zelenskyy added.

The politician of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said 40 radical were wounded successful the attacks, including 2 children, portion Ukrainian exigency services said 3 radical had been killed.

Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera’s Audrey Macalpine said radical are inactive feared trapped nether the rubble of the building.

Macalpine said it was 1 of Russia’s largest attacks of the war, “in a azygous 36-hour play conscionable by sheer fig of drones”.

The onslaught comes arsenic a setback for efforts to extremity the warfare aft United States President Donald Trump raised faint hopes for bid by brokering a three-day ceasefire betwixt Kyiv and Moscow past week, and Russian person Vladimir Putin suggested the warfare could beryllium winding down.

Ukrainian rescuers enactment astatine the tract of a Russian onslaught connected the nine-storey residential gathering successful Kyiv, Ukraine, 14 May 2026 [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]

The truce – enactment successful spot arsenic Putin presided implicit a scaled-down subject parade successful Red Square to people the day of World War II triumph – was marred by allegations of violations by some sides.

Ukraine and Russia launched long-range drone attacks instantly aft it ended connected Tuesday.

The Kremlin has poured acold h2o connected the thought that Putin’s vague comments, issued Saturday, astir the warfare “heading to an end” could mean a softening successful Moscow’s position.

On Wednesday, it repeated its request that Ukraine afloat retreat from the eastbound Donbas portion earlier a ceasefire and full-scale bid talks tin instrumentality place.

Kyiv has rejected specified a determination arsenic tantamount to capitulation.