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Zelensky slams Russia as Ukraine is hit by one of the year's biggest blitzes days after peace talks

Irish Daily Mirror

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August 22, 2025

RUSSIA has unleashed one of its biggest aerial attacks on Ukraine this year, just days after crunch peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

- BY SIMON MURPHY

Zelensky slams Russia as Ukraine is hit by one of the year's biggest blitzes days after peace talks

A total of 574 drones and 40 missiles were fired overnight into yesterday, mostly targeting the country’s western regions.

At least one person was killed and over a dozen were injured, according to officials.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying: “Last night, the Russian army set one of its insane anti-records.

“They targeted civilian infrastructure facilities, residential buildings and our people.”

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