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Russians struck the central part of Kramatorsk with glide bombs
Russia carried out another aerial strike on the centre of Kramatorsk on the evening of May 25, injuring four civilians, and killing two, according to local authorities.
Oleksandr Honcharenko said Russian forces dropped 5 FAB-250 guided aerial bombs on the city at approximately 17:52.
Preliminary reports indicate that the injured include three women and one man. Emergency medical assistance is being provided.
“All relevant services, emergency crews and medics are working at the scene,” Honcharenko said.
The mayor added that this was already the third large-scale Russian attack against Kramatorsk in a single day.
Kramatorsk, located in Donetsk Oblast, remains one of the main Ukrainian-held cities near the front line and is regularly targeted by Russian missiles, bombs, and drone strikes.
Russia has just informed the U.S. that it is launching systematic strikes on Kyiv
Russia announces plans for new mass attacks on Kyiv, including strikes on 'decision-making centers'
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has threatened a new wave of large-scale long-range strikes against Kyiv, including attacks on what Moscow described as Ukraine’s “decision-making centers.”
The statement was issued after a disputed Ukrainian strike in occupied Luhansk Oblast. Russian officials claimed the attack hit a dormitory, while Ukraine stated it had targeted a Russian drone command facility linked to Moscow’s Rubikon unmanned systems unit.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the Russian military was carrying out “systematic strikes” against what it described as Ukrainian military-industrial facilities in Kyiv, including sites allegedly involved in drone production and programming.
According to the statement, Russia also intends to target “decision-making centers and command posts,” language commonly used by Moscow when referring to possible strikes on Ukrainian government institutions, security headquarters and military command facilities.
Russian officials additionally advised foreign nationals, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv and warned Ukrainian civilians to stay away from what they called “military and administrative infrastructure of the Zelensky regime.”
The threat follows one of the largest Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war. The previous mass strike killed two people and injured more than 80, with damage reported across nearly every district of the capital.
Volodymyr Zelensky previously warned that Ukrainian intelligence and Western partners had detected signs that Russia could be preparing additional large combined missile attacks, potentially involving the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Putin signs law enabling him to deploy Russian troops abroad to "protect" Russian citizens
Vladimir Putin has signed a new law allowing the deployment of Russian troops abroad under the stated justification of “protecting the rights of Russian citizens.”
According to Russian state media outlet Interfax, the legislation was introduced as a mechanism for responding to situations in which Russian citizens are arrested, detained, or prosecuted by foreign or international courts whose jurisdiction Russia does not recognise.
An explanatory opinion issued by the Defence and Security Committee of Russia’s Federation Council states that, in such circumstances, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation may be used to “protect” Russian citizens if Putin makes such a decision.
The law also obliges Russian state authorities to take additional measures to protect those citizens within the limits of their authority once a presidential decision is issued.
The legislation has already been published on Russia’s official legal information portal and is expected to enter into force 10 days after publication.
The wording of the law has drawn attention because Moscow has previously used claims about protecting Russian citizens or Russian-speaking populations as justification for military interventions abroad, including actions against Ukraine beginning in 2014.