Ukrainian attacks kill two in Russia

In Russia and Ukraine on 25 May 2026, the two sides traded heavy strikes. Ukrainian attacks killed two people in border regions of Russia, and Reuters wrote that missile and drone strikes killed eight people in Russia and Ukraine in total.

Russia fired its Oreshnik missile at Ukraine, and TASS said the strike breached Ukrainian air defenses. France 24 described a hypersonic missile deployed in Russia's latest major strikes on Ukraine. Separately, an RAF plane carrying the UK defence secretary had its GPS signal jammed near the Russian border.