{"id":334542,"date":"2025-04-25T03:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/1156"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:48:30","slug":"1156","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/1156","title":{"rendered":"Day 1,156: major Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv, hits other cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A major Russian attack kills at least 12 in Kyiv, hits other cities. Trump\u2019s peace proposal marks a change in the strategy for ending the war in Ukraine, ISW says. Zelenskyi points to a U.S. declaration made under Trump\u2019s first administration not accepting Russia\u2019s rule over Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv, hits other cities<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At least 12 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Kyiv after Russia carried out a major combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine early on Thursday. Kyiv was hit the hardest, with Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Pavlohrad and other cities also targeted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv\u2019s five districts were damaged in the attack, with the Svyatoshynskyi district hit most severely. A two-story apartment building there was destroyed and the surrounding houses were damaged. A search and rescue operation was underway to find people caught under rubble. One man was pulled alive from the debris.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine\u2019s Air Force said Russia had launched 70 missiles and 145 drones toward Ukraine, including 11 Iskander-M\/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russian regions of Bryansk, Voronezh and Kursk, 37 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the Saratov region, six Iskander-K cruise missiles from occupied Donetsk region, 12 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea, four Kh-59\/Kh-69 air-launched missiles from the Belgorod region, and 145 Shahed attack drones and decoy drones from the area of Russia\u2019s Bryansk, Millerovo, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea. Ukraine\u2019s air defenses shot down 48 missiles, including seven ballistic ones, and 64 drones. Sixty-eight decoy drones disappeared off radar after likely being disabled by electronic warfare systems, without causing any harm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine used U.S.-made F-16s and French Mirage jets to repel the attack. The pilots took down dozens of air targets, the Air Force added.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Zelenskyi said he was cutting short a trip to South Africa because of the attack. \u201cIt has been 44 days since Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire and a halt to strikes. This was a proposal from the United States. And it has been 44 days of Russia continuing to kill our people and evading tough pressure and accountability for its actions. It is extremely important that everyone around the world sees and understands what is really happening. Nearly 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and about 150 attack drones,\u201d he said on X in reaction to Russia\u2019s strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that he had instructed the Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, to immediately contact Ukraine\u2019s international partners regarding the country\u2019s requests to strengthen air defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYesterday\u2019s Russian maximalist demands for Ukraine to withdraw from its regions, combined with these brutal strikes, show that Russia, not Ukraine, is the obstacle to peace. Moscow, not Kyiv, is where pressure should be applied,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Minister, Andriy Sybiha said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n