Russia launched a deadly weekend attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region. See the aftermath.

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on May 24, using drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as the Oreshnik missile system. A day earlier, officials in Kyiv had warned that Russia was preparing to deploy the weapon following a Ukrainian strike on a college in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region. Russia’s Defense Ministry later confirmed that it had used the Oreshnik system — only the third time it has done so during the full-scale war.