Overnight into August 25, Russia struck four Ukrainian cities at once — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro. One person was killed in Kharkiv, and residential buildings were damaged in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.
Overnight into August 25, Russian forces struck four major Ukrainian cities simultaneously — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro. The strikes sparked fires and damaged residential buildings, according to Ukraine's Air Force and city and regional military administrations.
The heaviest toll was in Kharkiv. According to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russian forces shelled the Osnovianskyi district with cluster munitions fired from a Tornado multiple rocket launcher, hitting a civilian production facility. One person was killed there. Around the same time, a "Molniya" drone struck the city's Kyivskyi district.
In Zaporizhzhia, a drone strike damaged an apartment building, sparking a fire in one unit, while several non-residential buildings also caught fire. The regional military administration released footage of the large blaze at the impact site.
In Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, debris from a downed drone fell on a residential building — according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, it damaged walls and blew out windows on the 14th floor of a 16-story building. One woman was injured and treated on an outpatient basis. No fire broke out.
An air raid alert sounded in Dnipro that evening around 9:30 p.m., followed by explosions in the city as the Air Force reported a jet-powered drone approaching from the north. A simultaneous strike on four regional capitals is one more example of how Russia keeps spreading its missile and drone attacks across Ukraine rather than concentrating them on a single city or region.
Nights like this always mean new apartments without windows, new factories without a roof, and new families who now have to rebuild. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues helping civilians affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow — whether it's Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, or wherever gets hit next.
