Russian attack on Ukraine leaves 25 dead in Ternopil after massive overnight strikes

A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine rocked the western city of Ternopil Tuesday night killing more than two dozen people including three children Ukraine s Ministry of Internal Affairs commented Wednesday that at least people were killed and injured in the strike that hit two nine-story residential buildings Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained Russia launched more than drones and missiles in the overnight assault Crisis services were working to rescue people under the rubble and put out fires caused by the strikes Photos from the scene presented blown-out windows the charred blackened exterior of a residential building and smoke billowing as crews worked to clear the area RUSSIAN CRUISE MISSILES HIT US COMPANY IN MASSIVE UKRAINIAN STRIKE AMID TRUMP'S PEACE PUSHZelenskyy reported nine other regions across Ukraine were also struck including critical infrastructure and force facilities in Lviv and civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv RUSSIAN CRUISE MISSILES HIT US COMPANY IN MASSIVE UKRAINE STRIKE AMID TRUMP S PEACE PUSH Every brazen attack against ordinary life proves that the pressure on Russia is still insufficient Effective sanctions and assistance for Ukraine can change this The top priority is air defense missiles additional systems expanded capabilities for our combat aviation and drone production to protect lives he wrote on X ROMANIA AND LATVIA CONFIRM INCURSIONS BY RUSSIAN DRONES INTO NATO AIRSPACE Russia must be held accountable for its actions and we must stay focused on everything that strengthens us and enables us to shoot down Russian missiles neutralize Russian drones and stop assaults Poland s Operational Command stated late Tuesday it had scrambled fighter jets and raised air defense readiness after Russia launched the missile and drone strikes against Ukraine stressing the measures were preventive and aimed at protecting Polish airspace near the boundary