Ukraine is working to confirm intelligence from america and others that means Russia is making ready to make use of a hypersonic ballistic missile system, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Saturday.
“Our intelligence companies reported receiving knowledge, together with from American and European companions, about Russia making ready a strike with the Oreshnik missile. We’re verifying this data,” Zelenskyy stated in a publish on X.
Ludovic Marin/AFP by way of Getty Pictures, FILE – PHOTO: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to attend the eighth European Political Neighborhood (EPC) summit in Yerevan, on Might 4, 2026.
“We’re making ready our air protection as a lot as potential, and we’ll reply absolutely justly to each Russian strike,” he added.
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The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a safety alert on Saturday warning of a “probably vital” air assault on Ukraine inside the subsequent 24 hours.
“The embassy, as all the time, recommends U.S. residents be ready to instantly shelter within the occasion an air alert is introduced,” the embassy stated in a press release.
Ukrainian Emergency Service by way of AP – PHOTO: On this photograph offered by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fireplace at a prayer home of a neighborhood Protestant neighborhood following a Russian air assault in Balakliia, Kharkiv area, Ukraine, on Might 23, 2026.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged stated a number of have been killed and dozens injured, on account of Ukrainian drone strikes on a school dormitory in Starobilsk within the Luhansk Folks’s Republic.
The Russian president stated he requested proposals from his navy to answer Ukrainian drone strikes in Starobilsk.
Diego Fedele/Getty Pictures – PHOTO: Members of the Lava Unmanned Techniques Regiment assemble a drone as they await a fight mission, on Might 22, 2026, within the Kharkiv area, Ukraine.
“It’s not possible to restrict ourselves to statements from the Overseas Ministry alone. Due to this fact, the Russian Protection Ministry has been ordered to current its proposals,” Putin stated in remarks to navy graduates on Friday.
Ukraine’s navy denied Russian accusations it attacked the dorm saying on social media it struck one of many headquarters of a Russian navy drone unit referred to as “Rubicon.”
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The Common Workers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in a Fb publish, describing “Rubicon” as a drone unit that often targets Ukrainian civilians and accusing Russian media of spreading “manipulative data” — including Kyiv solely targets navy infrastructure and complies with worldwide humanitarian legislation.