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The UK has condemned Russia’s latest aerial attacks on Ukraine, warning that Moscow’s use of nuclear-capable missiles and threats against Kyiv risk a dangerous escalation.
Neil Holland, the UK’s Ambassador to the OSCE, told a meeting in Vienna that Russia had launched around 600 drones and 90 missiles against Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine overnight on 23 and 24 May. He said it was the largest attack on the Ukrainian capital in a single night since 2022 and followed another major Russian assault less than two weeks earlier, when around 1,530 drones and missiles were launched across Ukraine within 24 hours.
Holland said Russia had again used an Oreshnik nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, describing it as a reckless attempt to terrorise Ukraine’s population. He said the repeated use of nuclear-capable missiles increased the risk of misperception and dangerous miscalculation, adding that Russian attacks on Kyiv over the weekend had killed at least four people and injured around 100.