Russia has launched ‘massive’ strikes following the Ukrainian drone attack

Russia has launched a large drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital and other parts of the country on Friday morning, officials said.

At least three people have been killed and 49 injured in strikes, Ukraine’s president Voludaymair Jelensky said.

Aerial attacks targeted the ternopil region in Kaiv and Lutsk Nagar and the country’s northwest.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the strikes were a response to the “terrorist acts of the Kaiv administration”, which targeted military sites.

The ministry said its armed forces have “launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range wind, sea and ground-based weapons and attack drones throughout the night.”

The attack came after Russian President Vladimir Putin US President Donald warned Trump He was responding to the recent strikes of Ukraine on Russian air bodies.

In the post on Friday X, “The moment of stopping this war together is exactly exactly,” Jelensky said, “The US, Europe and everyone around the world put pressure on Russia.”

He made a thin hiding reference to Trump’s clearly reluctant to put pressure on Russia.

“If anyone does not apply stress and give life to battle more time – it is complexity and liability,” Jelensky wrote. “We have to act crucially.”

“As of now,”, three deaths have been confirmed in strikes, ”said Jelensky – all employees of Ukraine’s state emergency services.

The attack used over 400 drones and more than 40 missiles and the number of injured people could “increase,” he said.

In a previous statement, Kaiv’s mayor Vitaly Klitsko said four people were killed in the capital of the country.

Air ride warnings were in effect in Keiv, where the residential building was hit, and the city’s railway system was disrupted after shelling the damaged Metro tracks.

Tens of thousands of civilians in the capital spent a few hours of restless underground shelter.

From the center of the city, the air protections on the outskirts are targeting Keiv and trying to overthrow several drones.

From time to time, you can also ask for a typical base of the overhead of the drones.

After five or ten seconds, thunder explosions, sometimes followed by a bright shine of light reflected in nearby buildings.

Officials say the attack includes 38 cruise missiles, which is a targeted Ukraine on Sundays Is called “Spider Web” operationIt may be the message of Kremlin to indicate this attack.

The cities of Kharkiv, Sumi and Luhansk were also in the air attack warnings.

Elsewhere, Ternopil’s military head Vyacheslav Negoda said Friday’s strike was “the largest air attack on our area so far.”

Ternopil Mayor Igor Palishchuk said five people were injured in the attack and damaged homes, schools and government facilities.

Mayor Ehor Palishchuk said five people were injured in the attacks using 15 drones and six missiles in Lutsk.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said its air protection was shot down by 174 Ukrainian drones in some parts of Russia and occupied crimea.

The anti -Neptune vessel on the Black Sea has also been withheld, the ministry said.

Russia’s recent attack on Ukraine has been launched shortly after Keiv launched its largest long-range drone strike in four military bases on at least 40 Russian warplanes.

Jelensky said 117 drones were used in the Spider’s web operation by the security service, “34% (Russian) strategic cruise missile carriers”.

Earlier this month, direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul, but ended with no big progress.

Ukrainian consultants have rejected Russia’s “unconditional ceasefire” – a major demand for its Western allies, including Kaiv and the US.

The Russian team said it was mentioned in some areas of two or three days at a spacious forerunner, but did not give further details.

Trump has said that Putin has pledged to “very strongly” to the recent attack on Russian air bodies, which lasted more than an hour on Wednesday during the telephone call.

Moscow has previously stated that military options are “on the table” to respond to Ukraine’s attack.

Last week, Trump set a two -week deadline for Putin, threatening to change how the US was responding to Russia if he believed that Putin was “tap” about peace efforts in Ukraine.