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Entire residential buildings were demolished successful Ukraine's superior arsenic Russia launched a "massive and virtually nonstop" aerial barrage connected Kyiv and different large cities implicit the past 2 nights, according to Ukrainian officials. They said much than 1,500 drones and implicit 50 missiles were launched successful the past 2 days.
At slightest 12 radical were killed successful Kyiv, galore successful a onslaught that leveled an flat gathering overnight, including a 15-year-old girl, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Another 57 radical were injured, including 27 of whom stay successful the hospital, the politician said connected Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium had met with his apical unit connected Thursday astir "a monolithic and virtually nonstop Russian onslaught that lasted astir 48 hours."
"This is simply a deliberate violent maneuver by the Russians, who amassed drones and missiles implicit a play of clip and intentionally calculated the onslaught truthful that its standard would beryllium significant, creating the top imaginable difficulties for our aerial defense," Zelenskyy wrote connected X.
He said 20 locations were attacked successful the superior successful all, including locations specified arsenic the residential building, a schoolhouse and veterinary clinic.
Search and rescue operations proceed aft a large-scale Russian aerial onslaught successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected May 14, 2026.
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Zelenskyy said 94% of drones were intercepted, but lone 73% of the missiles were changeable down, and cited the request to amended successful that regard.
Other cities coming nether occurrence implicit the past 2 days included Odesa, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kharkiv.
People comfortableness a crying pistillate connected May 14, 2026 successful Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy accused Russia of stockpiling the weapons for the onslaught to coincide with President Trump's sojourn to China.
"It surely cannot beryllium called a coincidence that 1 of the longest monolithic Russian attacks against Ukraine takes spot precisely astatine the clip erstwhile the President of the United States arrived for a sojourn to China — a sojourn from which overmuch is expected," helium said.
The Ukrainian president added, "In this hard geopolitical moment, Russia is intelligibly trying to disrupt the wide governmental ambiance and gully attraction to its evil — seeking to bash truthful astatine the disbursal of Ukrainian lives and Ukrainian infrastructure."
Rescue workers transportation a stretcher with the assemblage of a idiosyncratic recovered from the rubble of a destroyed flat gathering connected May 14, 2026 successful Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Saturday answered questions from reporters pursuing a Victory Day parade, and made headlines for saying helium thought the warfare whitethorn beryllium nearing its close aft much than 4 years.
"I deliberation the substance is coming to an end, but it's inactive a superior matter," he told reporters in remarks translated from Russian.
Mr. Trump was asked astir Putin's comments erstwhile leaving for China connected Tuesday, and helium delivered an optimistic response.
"The extremity of the warfare successful Ukraine, I truly deliberation it's getting close," helium told reporters connected the White House's South Lawn.
Zelenskyy has said the actions of Putin bash not amusement helium believes the extremity of the warfare is coming.
"Russia itself chose to extremity the partial soundlessness that had lasted for respective days," Zelenskyy wrote connected Tuesday, referring to a pause successful the fighting for Victory Day, a solemnisation of the Soviet Union's decision of Nazi Germany successful World War II. "Russia indispensable extremity this war, and it is Russia that indispensable instrumentality the measurement toward a real, lasting ceasefire."
As portion of a acme successful Bucharest, Zelenskyy met with the leaders of respective European countries connected Wednesday — including Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Romanian President Nicușor Dan, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda — astir steps toward ending the war.
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