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Russia unleashes heaviest wartime drone assault on Ukraine, hits Kyiv

  • Russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles early Thursday, injuring at least four people and damaging multiple buildings, including a residential structure in the Darnytsia district that partially collapsed.
  • Following a massive daytime drone assault on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported that Moscow launched at least 800 drones since midnight, deliberately targeting regions near NATO borders.
  • Mayor Vitali Klitscho reported damage to buildings throughout the capital, including a fire in a 12-storey block of flats, while emergency crews rescued at least 10 people from the rubble.
  • Railway infrastructure sustained 23 strikes during the barrage, with Russian forces utilizing Belarus and Moldova to bypass air defenses; Defense adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov warned the assault highlighted Moscow's evolving drone tactics.
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Russia has fired more than 1,500 drones at Ukraine since Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, President Zelenskyy said. The attacks are among the heaviest since the start of the war.

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Follow with us, live, the evolution of current events dedicated to the war in Ukraine on Thursday, May 14.

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Hundreds of drones, a collapsed house: Russian attacks on Kyyiv have killed several people. Wolodymyr Selenskyj appeals to Donald Trump.

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Kiev was targeted by a large air attack which resulted in at least one death and 31 injuries, according to the Ukrainian authorities. ...

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Defence24 broke the news on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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