Thursday, May 28Thursday, May 28Russia’s latest missile and drone assault on Kyiv has killed at least four people, injured 87, and damaged nearly 300 sites—including the city’s Opera and Ballet Theatre—after Moscow deployed an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile for the third time in the war. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 246 of 262 Russian drones overnight, but the strike, which President Volodymyr Zelensky called "genuinely deranged," targeted civilian infrastructure with what the EU’s foreign policy chief condemned as "reckless nuclear brinkmanship."
Zelensky inspected the destruction in Kyiv on Sunday, visiting residential buildings and the Chernobyl Museum, while the World Health Organization confirmed its Kyiv offices were damaged by debris. The attack destroyed or damaged 150 sites nationwide, including 63 homes, two schools, and a hospital, according to Ukraine’s deputy prime minister. In the Sumy region, Russian strikes killed one civilian and wounded four, while 753 attacks in Zaporizhzhia left three injured.
European leaders united in condemnation. French President Emmanuel Macron warned Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko against joining Russia’s war, while German and UK officials called the Oreshnik missile strike an escalation betraying Moscow’s battlefield failures. Russia’s combat losses over the past 24 hours reached 1,020 personnel, bringing its total war dead and wounded to 1.36 million since 2022, Ukraine’s military reported.
The Oreshnik missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads, has now been used three times in Ukraine, underscoring Russia’s shift toward terrorizing urban centers as its frontline advances stall. With Kyiv’s air defenses stretched thin, the attack marks a dangerous new phase in the war’s 1,552nd day.
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