'Damage in every district of Kyiv' -- Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 1, injures 24

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Source: Kyiv Independent

Russian forces launched a large-scale combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight on May 24, striking residential buildings and other infrastructure across the capital. At least one person has been killed an 24 others injured in the attack, officials reported.

Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported hearing what they described as a massive series of missile strikes on Ukraine's capital beginning around 1 a.m local time, and then again multiple times between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.

Air raid alerts were issued for all region of the country as Ukraine's Air Force reported that dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones were reported flying towards the capital around 12:30 a.m. local time.

Shortly thereafter, the Air Force issued warnings about a possible Russian launch of an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile targeting Ukraine at 12:55 a.m., although the Kyiv Independent cannot immediately verify if the weapon has been used in the attack.

Read more: https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attack-may-24-2026/

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I know Zelenskyy absolutely refuses to target Russian civilian structures as the terrorist state of Russia does to Ukraine. But I would organize a massive drone and missile attack* on the major cities of Russia. Make it last a few days, maybe a week. Every oil terminal, military target and I would go after electrical power stations and infrastructure such as bridges, rail lines and airport runways to cause very major disruption. Enough is enough with Russia murdering civilians. It's time to let Russia feel the pain too.

* I know Ukraine attacks Russia with 100's if not 1,000's of drones and missiles every day. I'm talking about stepping it up even further. Make it more massive than anything Ukraine has ever sent toward Russia.


On Edit: Now updated to this headline with link:

'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 2, injures over 80

Link: https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attack-may-24-2026/

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1. Zelensky is right to not target civilian structures

The people of Russia are not responsible for this and the leadership does not care about it's people. He needs to target what hurts Putin, not his people.

Inevitably the people of Russia are suffering unfairly for Putin's war. One would hope that the repercussions of the war would ultimately cause Putin to fall. But I don't know by what mechanism Russians could rebel, no matter how dissatisfied they become.

We can't even figure out how to stop Trump's wars and madness, with much of our democracy still intact. But I'm sure if some adversary figured out how to attack Americans for the things Trump has done, Trump wouldn't care.

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2. I agree with you that

Zelenskyy should not target civilians but not for the same reasons. I would object on moral grounds. Targeting civilians is the reason why Russia IS a terrorist state. So let the Russians live to see another day, unlike what they are doing to Ukrainians. But target all infrastructure to hobble Russia into a withdrawal from ALL Ukrainian territory. The terrorism against innocent Ukrainians must end.

The people of Russia ARE responsible for this war as 70% of them still support Putin. A majority of them still support the 3 day war of aggression against Ukraine, now in it's 5th year of slaughtering Ukrainian civilians. It is inevitably the people of UKRAINE who are suffering unfairly. It was Ukraine that was invaded, not the other way around.

As for Trump, there are ways to stop him. The political will from our congress is what is lacking. Unlike Russia, the majority of Americans do not support this administration. Trumps polling numbers are in the toilet but as I stated, Putin's are still at 70%.

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3. Agreed that something has to happen to hobble Russia's ability to pursue this war

but I differ on who is to blame

So let the Russians live to see another day, unlike what they are doing to Ukrainians.

Lets be clear about who "they" are. Putin and his chronies, not the Russian people.
The Russain people are not free, including freedom of the press. They don't have real information. I would contend that half of Trump's support comes from people who were fooled by Trump's lies and propaganda (the ones who aren't despicable enough to actually support his policies). Only in the US, we are responsible for choosing unreliable news sources. Russians have no choice and haven't been educated--in fact have been mis-educated in critical thinking for generations.

i also question polling that claims to know what percentage of Russians actually support Putin in a country where you can't freely state opposition. And where a pretty large number of the opposition has fled of necessity in recent years--hell--throughout it's whole history.

When I say Russians are suffering unfairly I am not ignoring who the aggressor is. i just think both sides are suffering for the actions of one war criminal.

As for stopping Trump, I understand that Republicans in Congress can stop him. Yes, there might be more Dems can do but without a majority it's just not that simple. A lot of brave people have been trying.

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4. Your premise is saying that the only

Russians supporting the illegal war against Ukraine are Putin and his kremlin lackeys. The Russian people have a responsibility to find the truth. As the adage goes, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." The Russian people have a responsibility to themselves, to Ukrainians and the world to do there due diligence and find out the facts of what is really happening. Failure to do so is on them and no one else. To their credit though, there are cracks in Russian state propaganda, mostly from very angry Russian military social media outlets. So there's hope, but still the reality of this war being exposed to all Russians is moving painfully slow.

With approval for Putin hovering around 70% and a majority of Russians still wearing their "Z" logo proudly, there are likely millions of Russians still supporting this war. So sadly, they are not doing their due diligence. Even so, saying they are not culpable of the crimes being committed due to propaganda sounds eerily similar to war criminals who attempt to defend themselves by saying they were "just following orders."

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5. Russia's Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile reportedly struck Kyiv oblast

See this post for a link to the Euromaidan article reporting on this: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221257818