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From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / June 24, 2025 

As Putin Decries U.S. Strikes on Iran, Russian Forces Launch Devastating Attack on Kyiv Killing Nine and Striking Educational Facilities Across Ukraine

Summary of the Day – June 23, 2025

In a display of staggering hypocrisy that encapsulated Russia’s warped moral universe, Vladimir Putin condemned U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities as “completely unprovoked aggression” mere hours before his forces launched one of their most devastating attacks on Ukrainian civilians in months. The overnight assault on Kyiv killed at least nine people, including an 11-year-old girl, while separate strikes targeted educational institutions in Odesa Oblast and civilian areas in Sumy Oblast. As rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment building, Putin’s diplomatic theater continued with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, showcasing the limitations of the Kremlin’s strategic partnerships even as it deepened its reliance on Tehran’s drone technology to terrorize Ukrainian cities.

Death in the Night: Kyiv Endures Massive Aerial Bombardment

The capital trembled under the weight of 368 Russian aerial weapons during a 3.5-hour assault that began at 1 a.m. local time, transforming residential neighborhoods into scenes of devastation. Russian forces deployed 352 attack drones, including 159 Iranian-made Shaheds, alongside 16 missiles in what Ukrainian officials described as one of the largest air assaults on the capital this year.

The most catastrophic blow struck the Shevchenkivskyi district, where a ballistic missile tore through a five-story residential building, causing its partial collapse. Nine people died in the ruins, their lives extinguished in an instant of terror that began with the screaming of incoming ordnance. Among the victims was an 11-year-old girl whose mother’s body was recovered earlier from the same rubble.

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