Debris on fire on the premises of a school in Kyiv, Ukraine, after Russian missile and drone strikes, May 24, 2026 (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Sunday’s Coverage: Russia’s “Massive” Attack Kills 2+, Injures 83 in Kyiv

International leaders have condemned Russia’s mass missile and strikes, including its third use of a nuclear-capable intermediate-range Oreshnik ballistic missile, on Kyiv and across Ukraine on Sunday.

At least four civilians were murdered and more than 100 wounded. Two of the fatalities and 83 of the injured were in the capital.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the “nuclear brinkmanship” in Russia’s firing of the Oreshnik. “They are genuinely deranged,” he said of the Kremlin.

European Union foreign policy head Kaja Kallas followed up:

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola added, “We will not be silent. These acts of brutality do not serve to strengthen Russia’s hand. It weakens it.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Estonian President Alar Karis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, and European Council President António Costa were among the leaders posting similar messages.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko, after Minsk’s involvement in nuclear drills with Russia this week, against any role in Moscow’s invasion.

In their first phone call since the early days of Russia’s full-scale assault in February 2022, Macron “stressed the risks for Belarus of allowing itself to be drawn into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine”, said an official.

The President urged Alexander Lukashenko “to take the necessary steps to improve relations between Belarus and Europe”.