Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 18 as Zelenskyy meets Western leaders

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 10:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Russian drones, missiles and artillery killed astatine slightest 18 civilians and injured much than 100 others successful Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought guarantees of further Western subject assistance for his country's efforts to repel Russia's invasion.

Russian forces person relentlessly blasted civilian areas of Ukraine passim the war, which is present successful its 4th year. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians person been killed, according to the United Nations. Ukraine has besides launched long-range drones against Russia, hitting residential areas.

Zelenskyy was acceptable to conscionable Tuesday with Western leaders attending a NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands. He is keen to fastener successful further subject enactment for Ukraine's combat against Russia's bigger army, arsenic caller nonstop bid talks person delivered nary advancement connected a imaginable settlement.

Key U.S. subject commitments to Ukraine near implicit from the Biden medication are expected to tally retired wrong months, according to analysts, and determination is uncertainty implicit whether U.S. President Donald Trump is consenting to supply more.

Russian barrage hits 19 schools, 10 kindergartens

A Russian ballistic rocket onslaught connected Dnipro deed aggregate civilian sites successful the cardinal Ukrainian metropolis astir midday connected Tuesday, sidesplitting 9 radical and injuring much than 100, section officials said.

In the adjacent municipality of Samar, an onslaught killed 2 radical and injured 11, Dnipro's determination medication caput Serhii Lysak wrote connected Telegram.

The barrage damaged 19 schools, 10 kindergartens, a vocational school, a euphony schoolhouse and a societal payment office, arsenic good arsenic 8 aesculapian facilities, according to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov. One of the blasts blew retired the windows of a rider train.

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Russia besides shelled residential neighbourhoods and captious infrastructure crossed Ukraine's confederate Kherson region, sidesplitting 4 civilians and wounding astatine slightest 11 others, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, caput of the determination subject administration.

In the Sumy portion of northeastern Ukraine, a drone onslaught precocious Monday killed 3 civilians, including a five-year-old boy, and injured six others, section authorities said.

Among the injured were 2 17-year-old girls and a 12-year-old boy, according to officials.

Ukraine onslaught with 20 drones mostly repelled

Russian aerial defence forces overnight changeable down 20 Ukrainian drones, the Russian Defence Ministry reported connected Tuesday morning. It said 14 were downed implicit the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, portion 2 had been flying implicit the Moscow province.

One drone slammed into a operation artifact connected the outskirts of the Russian capital, sparking a occurrence connected its 17th floor, section Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said Tuesday. He said a 34-year-old nonmigratory suffered shrapnel wounds to his limb and leg. Two different drones were changeable down connected the attack to Moscow, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Air postulation was concisely halted arsenic a precaution astatine 2 large Moscow airports, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo, a typical of Russia's aviation authorization Rosaviatsiya said.