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Leaders keep a wary eye on Belarus for signs it might offer Russia help in Ukraine

Missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's Kyiv region and other areas caused casualties, with officials reporting over 40 injured and significant damage across multiple districts.

  • On Sunday, Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine utilizing the hypersonic "Oreshnik" ballistic missile, wounding at least 87 people in Kyiv including three children.
  • More than four years into the full-scale invasion, the Russian army remains locked in a costly 1,250-kilometer front line slog, with Ukraine's air defense hampered by shortages following the Iran war.
  • The assault killed two people and left more than 40 injured across eight districts in Kyiv, while strikes also damaged a high-rise building in Cherkasy, injuring 11 people.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, warning of risks if Belarus entered Russia's war of aggression, then consulted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Kyiv on Monday, characterizing dragging Belarus into the conflict as "unacceptable" amid the regime's ongoing hybrid attacks and nuclear blackmail.
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Leaders keep a wary eye on Belarus for any signs it might offer Russia help in Ukraine

Belarus’ exiled opposition leader is visiting Kyiv as the Ukrainian capital cleans up after Russia’s biggest missile attack of the year.

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"Russia has reached a dead end on the battlefield," says EU foreign policy chief Kallas. "So it is terrorizing Ukraine with deliberate attacks on city centers."

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The EU issued official statements following the massive strike on Ukraine. Russia's massive overnight shelling of Ukraine demonstrates the Kremlin's brutality and its complete disregard for human life and peace negotiations. The use of the Oreshnik missile system is a reckless attempt at intimidation that demonstrates the impasse the aggressor has reached. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing statements by European Commission President Ursul…

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France24 broke the news in France on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
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