Russia Carries Out Massive Drone and Missile Strike on Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE, JUN 17 – Russian forces launched 175 drones and multiple missiles in a coordinated attack killing 14 and injuring 44 in Kyiv, including a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, officials reported.
- Russian forces launched a massive overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens.
- The strikes occurred amid Russia's intensified aerial campaign targeting Ukrainian cities after Ukraine's Security Service attacked Russian air bases.
- The assault damaged residential buildings, a kindergarten, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure across 27 districts, with emergency workers searching collapsed buildings for victims.
- Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported 440 drones and 32 missiles launched, and noted a U.S. citizen died from shrapnel wounds in the attack.
- President Zelensky called the strikes 'pure terrorism' and warned of a rising death toll while Kyiv residents sheltered underground during the more than nine-hour bombardment.
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Russian strikes kill 14 in Kyiv
Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens of others, as negotiations faltered between Kyiv and Moscow. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the latest overnight barrage as "one of the most horrific attacks" on Kyiv since the Kremlin launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Zelensky said a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles were …
The dawn of June 17th came to Kiev with the sound of broken crystals from the bombings. Black smoke columns were rising over the Ukrainian capital, a night of terror that left at least 14 dead, including an American citizen, and more than a hundred wounded. It was the deadliest air attack that the city has suffered in almost a year, a web of drones and missiles that sought to generate panic in the capital. A bloody message for the G7 The attack …
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