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Russia attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions with drones and missiles overnight on May 24-25, causing explosions in cities across the country.
Eleven people in Kyiv have been injured thus far, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported. Two have been hospitalized, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
The attacks come one night after one of the heaviest Russian assaults on Kyiv throughout the full-scale war. The attack also coincides with Kyiv Day, a city holiday typically celebrated on the last Sunday in May.
Ukraine's Air Force warned late on May 24 that Russia had launched waves of drones towards multiple regions and also issued a ballistic missile warning shortly before midnight. Later in the night, an aerial alert went into effect for all Ukrainian regions, including the country's far-western oblasts.
Explosions were reported overnight in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Konotop, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv, according to local officials and the news outlet Suspilne.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said the capital was again under attack and advised residents to take shelter.
"The night will not be easy. There is a threat of the enemy using a large number of drones and missiles from strategic aircraft," Tkachenko warned as air defenses actively repelled drones over Kyiv.
Debris from a falling drone struck a student dormitory in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, causing a fire, Klitschko said. Four people were injured and received medical treatment on the spot.
Another person injured in the Desnianskyi district received medical attention at the scene, Klitschko said, while a second victim in the area was hospitalized. A house in the city's Dniprovskyi district was also damaged. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that a young woman in the district was injured with a broken leg.
A business center was damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district, according to the administration.
The 11 injured victims range in age from 18 to 62, the administration said.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov also reported that drones struck the city's Osnovianskyi, Novobavarskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts. A civilian enterprise in the Osnovianskyi district was damaged while an office building was hit in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Glass shattered in several apartment buildings amid the attacks, Terekhov said. A child was injured by glass fragments and is receiving medical treatment.
Poland scrambled fighter jets and activated air defenses, as it has previously done to secure its airspace during large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine.
The previous night, Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack against Kyiv, injuring at least 15 people. The strikes caused explosions throughout the city and damaged residential buildings.
Russia continues to target residential neighborhoods in increasingly deadly aerial assaults while the Kremlin remains openly dismissive of international calls for a ceasefire.
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