Russian attack on Ukraine leaves 25 dead in Ternopil after massive overnight strikes

A large-scale Russian drone and rocket onslaught connected Ukraine rocked the occidental metropolis of Ternopil Tuesday night, sidesplitting much than 2 twelve people, including 3 children.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday that astatine slightest 25 radical were killed and 73 injured successful the onslaught that deed 2 nine-story residential buildings.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched much than 470 drones and 48 missiles successful the overnight assault. Emergency services were moving to rescue radical nether the rubble and enactment retired fires caused by the strikes. 

Photos from the country showed blown-out windows, the charred, blackened exterior of a residential building, and fume billowing arsenic crews worked to wide the area.

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A Russian Kh-101 rocket flies toward and hits a civilian flat gathering successful Ternopil, Ukraine, during a deadly onslaught connected Nov. 18, 2025. (East2West)

Zelenskyy said 9 different regions crossed Ukraine were besides struck, including captious infrastructure and vigor facilities successful Lviv and civilian infrastructure successful Kharkiv.

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People look astatine a residential gathering heavy damaged aft a Russian onslaught connected Ternopil, Ukraine, connected Nov. 19, 2025. (Vlad Kravchuk/AP)

"Every brazen onslaught against mean beingness proves that the unit connected Russia is inactive insufficient. Effective sanctions and assistance for Ukraine tin alteration this. The apical precedence is aerial defence missiles, further systems, expanded capabilities for our combat aviation, and drone accumulation to support lives," helium wrote connected X.

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"Russia indispensable beryllium held accountable for its actions, and we indispensable enactment focused connected everything that strengthens america and enables america to sprout down Russian missiles, neutralize Russian drones, and halt assaults."

Rescue workers enactment retired a occurrence astatine a residential gathering damaged by a Russian onslaught connected Ternopil, Ukraine, connected Nov. 19, 2025. (Rostyslav Kovalchuk/AP)

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Poland’s Operational Command said precocious Tuesday it had scrambled combatant jets and raised aerial defence readiness aft Russia launched the rocket and drone strikes against Ukraine, stressing the measures were preventive and aimed astatine protecting Polish airspace adjacent the border.