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Massive Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv amid prisoner swap
The Morning Standard
|May 25, 2025
Ukraine's air force says at least 15 injured in attack by 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones
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KYIV A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv Saturday wounded at least 15 people, even as Russia and Ukraine continued the biggest prisoner swap since the start of Moscow's invasion.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 attack drones overnight, adding that it downed six missiles and 245 drones.
Kyiv was "the main target of the enemy attack", the air force said in a statement.
This story is from the May 25, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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