Russia pounds Ukraine in massive air attack, killing 1

KYIV - Russia pummeled the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and several other regions in a massive aerial attack, officials said on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding dozens.

The first combined missile and drone barrage since the end of a brief U.S.-brokered ceasefire came hours after Moscow unleashed hundreds of drones in a daytime attack that killed six.

Kyiv-area officials reported one person killed and several dozen wounded in the overnight strike, which Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said targeted civilian infrastructure and residential buildings.

Images posted by the State Emergency Service showed rescuers digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in search of survivors.

Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said 11 people had already been rescued.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the attack during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China showed Russia wants to continue fighting despite a peace push by Washington.

"There should be no illusions or wishful thinking: only pressure on Moscow can force him to stop," he wrote on X. "I am certain that the leaders of the United States and China have enough leverage over Moscow to tell Putin to finally end the war."

Thursday's overnight strike also targeted railway infrastructure and ports in the southern Odesa region, said Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia's barrage included 675 drones and 56 missiles, most of which were downed by air defences. It said 38 hits had been recorded across 24 locations.

Fighting between Russia and Ukraine has dragged into its fifth year despite the U.S.-backed peace effort that has sputtered and produced few concrete results.

(Additional reporting by Gleb Garanich and Anna Voitenko, writing by Ron Popeski; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Kim Coghill and Himani Sarkar)

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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM.