Russia Launches War’s Largest Air Attack on Ukraine Hours Before Final Prisoner Swap

Russia used 69 missiles and 298 drones, including Iranian-designed Shahed drones, in the attack.

An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 25, 2025. Gleb Garanich/Reuters

In what was the largest aerial attack since the beginning of the Russia–Ukraine war, Moscow launched 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight into May 25, leaving at least 12 dead and dozens injured, Ukrainian officials said.

Three of the dead were children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, officials in that area confirmed.