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Sun May 25, 2025, 07:48 AM 10 hrs ago

'Massive Assault on Kyiv: The Fallout of Trump's 2-Hour Call with Putin'

"Last night, the skies over Kyiv lit up with fire. Missiles. Drones. Death."

"In one of the most intense aerial assaults since the war began, Russia launched 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and approximately 250 Shahed drones targeting Kyiv and other regions. Ukrainian air defenses managed to intercept six missiles and neutralize 245 drones—128 were shot down, and 117 were thwarted using electronic warfare."

"Residential blocks were hit. Civilians trapped. Emergency crews are still pulling bodies from the rubble. Fires broke out in apartments on the third and fourth floors of a five-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district. Another fire erupted on the balconies of a nine-story building in the Obolonskyi district."

"This wasn’t random. This wasn’t just another strike. This was a message."

"And I want to be very clear: this massacre didn’t come out of nowhere. This is the direct result of Donald Trump’s two-and-a-half-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin just days ago."

"He opened the door—and Putin stormed through it."

"While Trump smiles and talks about 'respect' and 'getting along,' Ukraine is bleeding. My sources tell me that this escalation was part of the plan. The pleasantries in public? Smoke and mirrors. Behind closed doors, Trump gave Putin what he wanted: silence, a green light, and the promise to walk away."

https://levremembers.substack.com/p/massive-assault-on-kyiv-the-fallout?publication_id=4218057&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=2j0en6&utm_medium=email

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