Russian missiles and drones are shot down in mid-air over Kyiv by Ukrainian defences

UKRAINE shot down 10 missiles and over 20 drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks on the capital Kyiv, the city of Dnipro and eastern regions, Ukrainian officials said on Friday (May 26).

Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukraine this month, mainly attacking logistics and infrastructure facilities before an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 10 missiles fired from the Caspian Sea, 23 Iranian-made Shahed drones and two reconnaissance drones.

It said a total of 17 missiles and 31 drones had been launched during the attacks, which started at around 10:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Thursday (May 25) and continued until 5:00 a.m. on Friday.

Several drones and several missiles hit targets in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, officials said.

There was no immediate word of any deaths.

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[fatherted]

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[cawmseejlis]

God bless Ukraine bravest soldiers. More than 40 strongest countries are supporting Ukraine. China Iran North Korea Laos PDR are supporting Russia. Let's see the end.

[nastybreed]

Boy if one of them little chunks of shrapnel hit you that'll be the end. I guess it's better than the missiles actually hitting an exploding

[chrismorgan]

And those drones are coming from Iran.

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[Sziasztok]

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[audraklein]

More and more protective systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, only this will help save the lives of Ukrainians from constant shelling!

[melidareichert]

It's time for decisive action to prevent further civilian casualties

[audraklein]

The world cannot stand by and must respond as quickly as possible and increase Ukraine's defense capabilities.

[melidareichert]

Increasing military assistance and providing air defense equipment is necessary

[marklittler]

Whens the Ukrainian defence calender go on sale ?

[leisakovacek]

I admire Kiev's air defense forces. Thanks to our help, they can shoot down many more drones and missiles than before. But they need more air defense systems and fighter jets to completely close the sky over the whole country

[joshuamarcy]

That was about as much evidence as the Russians video lol.

[dwarf]

And the drones are supplied to Russia by Iran

Are there already long-range missiles that can reach Iran?

[marym.]

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[patrickduncan]

I got 99 problems but the Russians aint one, Hit me !!!

[jeraldkozey]

Tired of seeing these terrorist attacks being left unanswered. Providing all the support Ukraine needs to win this war - this is the only way to bring peace back not only to Ukraine but to the whole Europe. Otherwise russians will never stop if nobody will stop them.

[taitslong]

_But, but last week we had already destroyed their air defence system_

[orvalprosacco]

Thanks to the Patriot system in Kyiv, civilians can be calmer and safer.