'Mass ballistic missile attack' hits Kyiv - authorities

‘Mass ballistic missile attack’ hits Kyiv – authorities

/ 06:36 AM May 24, 2026
A "mass ballistic missile attack" pounded Kyiv early Sunday, military authorities said, with AFP journalists hearing heavy explosions, after Ukraine warned it was expecting a major Russian assault.
In this grab from a handout footage released on May 23, 2026, by Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, shows heavily damaged buildings of the Starobilsk professional college of the Luhansk Pedagogical University and its dormitory, following a drone attack in Starobilsk. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS / AFP)

KYIV, Ukraine – A “mass ballistic missile attack” pounded Kyiv early Sunday, military authorities sid, with AFP journalists hearing heavy explosions, after Ukraine warned it was expecting a major Russian assault.

“The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack. New launches are possible. Stay in shelters!” Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.

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