Overview

• Russia launched 273 drones overnight, marking the largest drone attack since the war began in 2022, according to Ukrainian military officials.
• The assault killed a 28-year-old woman in the Kyiv region and injured three others, including a four-year-old child, while damaging residential and commercial buildings.
• A separate Russian drone strike on a civilian shuttle bus in the Sumy region killed nine people and injured several others on May 17.
• Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 88 drones, while 128 others were reportedly neutralized through electronic jamming, mitigating further damage.
• The attack followed direct peace talks in Istanbul on May 16, which ended without a ceasefire but resulted in an agreement for a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange.