{"id":807216,"date":"2026-05-19T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/807216\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:17:19","slug":"russias-drone-and-missile-attack-on-ukraine-injures-over-24-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/807216\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia’s drone and missile attack on Ukraine injures over 24 civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest nighttime drone and missile barrage<\/a>, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, with local authorities reporting that the strikes wounded more than two dozen civilians, including three children.<\/p>\n

Russian forces fired 524 attack drones and 22 ballistic and cruise missiles, Zelenskyy said. The city of Dnipro and the surrounding central region of Ukraine bore the brunt of the attack, officials said.<\/p>\n

The barrage continued a recent spiral of long-range strikes that have grown in scale following a May 9-11 ceasefire<\/a> that U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to observe but which had little impact. There is no sign a peace deal is taking shape despite U.S. diplomatic efforts to end Russia\u2019s invasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russia hammered Ukraine<\/a> over several days last week, flattening a Kyiv apartment building where 24 people died.<\/p>\n

One of Ukraine\u2019s largest drone strikes<\/a> on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, authorities said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ukraine develops its own glide bombs<\/p>\n

In more than four years of war, Ukraine has built up its own long-range capabilities<\/a>. It has been hitting oil facilities that represent a vital part of the Russian economy, as well as other targets deep inside Russia, making the Russian public take notice. That has increased the pressure on Putin, whose army is struggling to make progress on the battlefield and who claimed earlier this month, without providing evidence, that the war is approaching its end.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been shot down or jammed in the previous 24 hours, with around 80 on their way to Moscow.<\/p>\n

In another significant enhancement of Ukraine\u2019s long-range arsenal, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Monday that the country has developed its first glide bomb<\/a> \u2014 a powerful weapon that has regularly been deployed to devastating effect by Russia.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian version carries a 250-kilogram (550-pound) warhead and is designed to strike fortifications, command posts and other targets dozens of kilometers (miles) behind the front line, he said. Ukrainian pilots are currently training with the weapon under combat conditions.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy sees a deep change underway<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy claims a significant shift is taking place.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur long-range capabilities are significantly changing the situation \u2014 and, more broadly, the world\u2019s perception of Russia\u2019s war,\u201d Zelenskyy said on X late Sunday. \u201cMany partners are now signaling that they see what is happening and how everything has changed \u2014 both in attitudes toward this war and in the reachability of Russian targets on Russian territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, Russia\u2019s aerial onslaughts are stretching Ukraine\u2019s air defenses. <\/p>\n

The Defense Ministry in Moscow said Monday it had dealt Ukraine a massive blow overnight with precision ground- and sea-based missiles and drones, striking weapons factories, oil and energy facilities, as well as transport and port infrastructure used by the Ukrainian armed forces. It said the goal of the strike had been achieved and all the designated targets had been hit.<\/p>\n

Ukraine says Russia hits Chinese ship before Putin visits Beijing<\/p>\n

Putin is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a> in Beijing this week. Cooperation between the two countries has deepened in recent years as many Western countries have sought to isolate the Russian leader, with China growing to become Russia\u2019s main trading partner.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Ukraine\u2019s navy claimed that a Russian drone struck a Chinese-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea near Odesa on Monday.<\/p>\n

The drone hit the dry cargo vessel KSL Deyang, which was sailing under a Marshall Islands flag, the Ukrainian Navy said in a Telegram post. The ship\u2019s owner is based in China, and the crew consists of Chinese nationals, the navy said. There was no immediate word on casualties or the extent of damage to the vessel.<\/p>\n

In other developments Monday:<\/p>\n

The bail for Andriy Yermak<\/a>, Zelenskyy\u2019s former chief of staff, has been paid in full, Ukraine\u2019s High Anti-Corruption Court said Monday, according to Ukrainian media. The court last week set bail for Yermak at 140 million hryvnias (roughly $3.2 million)<\/p>\n

Yermak was named by two Ukrainian anti-corruption watchdogs as a suspect in a major graft probe. The move was a step short of formally charging Yermak, who resigned in November.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Zelenskyy is not under suspicion in the case.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest nighttime drone and missile barrage,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":807217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[3661,69,56270,440,57,8132,13342,24531,248429,50,257,3658,3657,273,3660,370,274,3656,96,103,107,11762],"class_list":["post-807216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-andriy-yermak","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone-surveillance-and-warfare","tag-europe","tag-general-news","tag-military-and-defense","tag-military-technology","tag-moscow","tag-mykhailo-fedorov","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-russia-government","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-government","tag-united-states-government","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-xi-jinping"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116600730882591158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}