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Russia Batters Kyiv With Drones and Missiles on Eve of Zelensky–Trump Talks

The Florida meeting will test a near-final US-backed framework covering territorial control with security guarantees.

Municipal workers clean debris on the roof after a Russian drone hit an apartment building during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 27: Ukrainian emergency services dismantle debris on the fifth floor of a damaged residential building and search for the body of a man after a Russian drone strike hit an 18-storey apartment building in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, as Russian forces carried out a large-scale overnight and morning aerial attack on the capital, targeting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure with nearly 500 drones and around 40 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, on December 27, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Several residential buildings were damaged across multiple districts of the city, while rescue operations continued at the strike sites. The massive attack plunged Kyiv into cold and darkness, leaving more than 2,600 residential buildings, 187 kindergartens, 138 schools, and 22 social institutions without centralized heating, and prompting emergency power outages across the capital. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Kyiv officials reported at least one death, dozens wounded and widespread outages after hours of strikes that left a third of the city without heat and cut power to hundreds of thousands in the wider region.
  • Zelenskyy said Russia launched about 500 drones and 40 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic weapons, as fires and damage were recorded at multiple residential sites across the capital.
  • Poland scrambled fighter jets and temporarily halted flights at Rzeszow and Lublin during the barrage, later resuming airport operations after the alert passed.
  • Zelenskyy is en route to meet President Trump in Florida, saying the 20-point plan is roughly 90% complete, while Trump has signaled any agreement requires his approval.
  • Key sticking points include control of parts of Donetsk and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the duration and legal force of US security guarantees, and a possible Ukrainian referendum contingent on a 60-day ceasefire.