Ukraine strikes 24.5.2026

What happened

• Russia launched a mass drone and rocket attack on Ukraine, focusing on Kyiv.
• It used:
  • 600 strike drones
  • 90 Rockets
• One of the weapons used was the Oreshnik ballistic missile, a weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

What was hit and damaged

• 50 locations
• Residential buildings
  • One of them targeted a five-story residential building, killing 1 Person
• Schools
• A Market
• Residence of the Albanian Ambassador to Ukraine
• The National Art Museum
• The Kyiv Opera Theatre
• The Ukrainian House
• The Chornobyl Museum
  • 40 Percent of its items were irrecoverably destroyed
• The Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
• The Foreign Ministry building
• The Cabinet of Ministers (government Headquarters)

Casualties

• 4 people killed
• 100 wounded

Pretext

• Alleged Ukrainian strike on a college dormitory in occupied Ukraine
  • Ukraine disputes that claim

Sources

• AP
• Kyiv Independent