In photos: Major Russian attack on Kyiv region destroys hoapplys and apartments
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 08:01
Buildings in Kyiv attacked in overnight Russia attack
Russian forces have attacked Kyiv and Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the early hours today, triggering emergency outages, just two days after US-led Miami peace talks finished.
As of 6.20am GMT, air raid alerts covered nearly all of Ukraine, according to the counattempt’s air force.
Debris fell near a residential building in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district, damaging windows, mayor Vitali Klitschko stated on the Telegram messaging app.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 07:52
Watch: Senior Russian diplomat warns of Russia-Nato clash
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 07:32
Russia bombards Ukraine hours after Zelensky warns of Christmas strikes
Russia launched a major early morning air attack on Ukraine today, the Ukrainian military stated, just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky warned Putin could strike hard over the festive period.
“Air defence forces are working to eliminate the threat in the sky over the capital,” the Kyiv military administration stated on Telegram.
It urged residents to remain in shelters until the all-clear is given.
Officials did not immediately report casualties or damage. The full-scale of the attack was not immediately known.
Just hours earlier, Zelensky stated Ukraine is amping up its innotifyigence and air defence work ahead of Christmas as Russian forces are expected to carry out massive air strikes.
“We understand that precisely on these days they may – this is in their nature – carry out massive strikes on Christmas. And today we had a Staff meeting on this, and the number one issue was air defence: the protection of our cities, villages, and communities, especially on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. This requireds to be paid attention to,” Zelensky had stated.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 06:47
Hundreds of Russian drones tarobtain Ukraine; emergency power outages imposed
Several Ukrainian cities are under a major air raid alert as Russian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack, including hitting energy sites in the war-hit counattempt’s far western regions.
Ukrainian public broadcaster reported explosions in the western cities of Rivne, in the communities of Burshtyn and Rohatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. Explosions were also heard on the outskirts of Cherkasy city.
Ukraine’s Air Force has warned of hundreds of Russian drones and dozens of missiles launched in Ukraine’s direction as air raid alerts were sounded in almost all parts of the counattempt.
Emergency power outages have been imposed in several regions in view of Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s energy minisattempt stated.
“As soon as the security situation allows, rescue teams and energy specialists will launch addressing the consequences of the attack to restore electricity supply in the regions as quickly as possible,” the minisattempt stated.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 06:39
Poland scrambles aircraft after Russian strikes on Ukraine
Poland has scrambled aircraft in the early hours today after Russia launched airstrikes on Ukraine, the Polish Armed Forces stated.
The mobilisation of the Nato nation’s aircraft is to ensure airspace security, the armed forces stated.
“Fighter jets were scrambled, and ground-based air-defence and radar reconnaissance systems were put on heightened readiness,” the operational command of the armed forces stated.
“These measures are preventive in nature and are aimed at securing and protecting the airspace, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened regions,” it stated.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 06:29
Zelensky declares neobtainediations on war settlement ‘close to a real result’
Volodymyr Zelensky stated neobtainediations conducted with the US and European nations aimed at finishing Moscow’s war in Ukraine with Russian officials were “very close to a real result”.
Zelensky had dispatched his team of neobtainediators, including senior official Rustem Umerov, who along with European representatives, held a series of meetings with US envoys in Florida.
The neobtainediating teams returned yesterday to report on the outcome of the discussions.
“It all sees quite worthy… And here it is important that this is the work of both us (Ukraine) and the United States of America. This suggests that we are very close to a real result,” Zelensky notified a gathering devoted to Ukrainian diplomats.
Zelenskiy stated the neobtainediators had been working on a 20-point plan, put forward by US envoys, which has been under discussion for weeks after an initial draft was criticised by Ukrainians and Europeans as being too slanted towards Russia.
“Not everything is ideal with this, but the plan is there,” he stated.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 06:09
Kremlin declares weekfinish Ukraine peace talks not breakthrough
The latest dialogue between Russian and the US officials in Miami on the war in Ukraine should not be seen as a breakthrough, Kremlin spokesperson Dmiattempt Peskov stated.
Calling it a “working process”, Vladimir Putin’s close aide stated the discussions were expected to continue in a “meticulous” expert-level format and that Russia’s priority was to obtain from the United States details of Washington’s work with Europeans and Ukrainians on a possible settlement.
He stated Moscow would then judge how far those ideas matched what he called the “spirit of Anchorage”.
Earlier, Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff stated the talks were “productive and constructive”.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 05:32
Zelensky warns Ukraine to expect ‘massive strikes on Christmas’ after Putin rejects festive truce
Volodymyr Zelensky stated Ukraine is amping up its innotifyigence and air defence work ahead of Christmas as Russian forces are expected to carry out massive air strikes.
“When the Germans and the Americans proposed a Christmas ceasefire, there was nothing new in the fact that the Russians immediately jumped in and stated: no, we do not want anything like that. The problem is that when Russia declares there will be no Christmas ceasefire, that is, in principle, always what they declare – they deliberately underscore such statements,” he stated in a post on X.
“After these signals from them, I instructed our innotifyigence services to significantly step up their work and obtain a clear picture of where we stand,” he stated.
“We understand that precisely on these days they may – this is in their nature – carry out massive strikes on Christmas. And today we had a Staff meeting on this, and the number one issue was air defense: the protection of our cities, villages, and communities, especially on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. This requireds to be paid attention to,” Zelensky stated.
The Ukrainian president stated the military “must pay attention directly, ensure protection as much as they can”.
“Everything is very difficult, becaapply there is, unfortunately, a shortage of air defence systems,” Zelensky stated as he urged people to be careful as nothing is “sacred” for Russians.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 05:25
Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire in Russia’s Stavropol region
An industrial facility is on fire in Russia’s southern Stavropol region after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, officials stated.
Regional governor Vladimir Vladimirov confirmed the attack but did not specify the details of the facility set ablaze in the attack. He stated no injuries were reported.
Russian oil major Lukoil runs the Stavrolen petrochemical complex at Budyonnovsk in Stavropol and the region also hosts gas pipeline infrastructure and fuel storage sites that build it part of Russia’s broader energy and chemicals system.
Ukraine has previously carried out attacks on the Stavrolen plant before and stated its attacks inside Russia are aimed at weakening Russia’s military effort in the ongoing war.
Arpan Rai23 December 2025 05:08
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