Did you miss the most recent occasions on the struggle in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes inventory for you each night. Right here is the gist of this Monday, Could 25, 2026, on the 1,552nd day of the battle.
Reality of the day
It would (once more) fireplace on the capital. Russian diplomacy on Monday known as on overseas nationals residing in kyiv, together with diplomatic employees, to depart the Ukrainian capital earlier than additional bombardments by the Russian military.
This announcement comes after significantly huge Russian strikes focused Ukraine this weekend, significantly kyiv, leaving a number of useless and round 100 injured. Russia even fired a contemporary technology missile, the Orechnik, for the third time for the reason that begin of the battle.
New “strikes will probably be carried out on decision-making facilities” and “firms of the military-industrial advanced” in kyiv, the Russian International Ministry warned in a press launch, with out giving a exact timeframe earlier than these assaults.
Right now’s assertion
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Sure, you will not hear something, identical to Vladimir Putin. The decision to cease the “carnage” in Ukraine launched in Cannes Film Festival by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev to Vladimir Putin is not going to be transmitted “by anybody” to the Russian president, the spokesperson for the Kremlin.
“The one one who can put an finish to this butchery is the President of the Russian Federation. Put an finish to this carnage, the entire world is ready for it,” mentioned the filmmaker on Saturday when receiving the Grand Prize for his movie “Minotaur”.
When a journalist requested him Monday throughout a briefing whether or not this name had been relayed to Vladimir Poutinehis spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned: “In my opinion, I can’t do it. I don’t assume anybody will.”
“The one factor that issues to me,” he continued, “is that Zvyagintsev by no means condemned the bloody bloodbath carried out by the kyiv regime within the Donbass since 2014, when the struggle started. If he had achieved so on the time, he would undoubtedly have had his say. However he not has this proper,” mentioned Dmitri Peskov.
The variety of the day
Six individualstogether with two youngsters, have been killed Monday in Ukrainian strikes in Russia and in an space of the Ukrainian area of Donetsk (east) managed by Moscow, native authorities mentioned.
“A drone attacked a automobile within the city of Graivoron,” authorities within the Russian area of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, mentioned in an announcement, deploring {that a} “civilian was killed.”
Within the Russian area of Bryansk, additionally bordering Ukraine, a person was killed in a Ukrainian strike within the city of Belaïa Beriozka, the appearing regional governor, Iegor Kovalchuk, wrote on Telegram.
Our file on the war in Ukraine
Ukraine repeatedly targets Russia and the occupied territories in retaliation for the each day Russian bombings it has been topic to for the reason that begin of the large-scale Russian offensive in February 2022.
