{"id":2745,"date":"2025-11-20T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:26:19","slug":"russian-air-strikes-kill-26-in-devastating-attack-on-ukraines-ternopil-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2745","title":{"rendered":"Russian air strikes kill 26 in devastating attack on Ukraine\u2019s Ternopil | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A devastating Russian aerial assault on Ternopil in western Ukraine has killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that 22 people were still missing at the site of Wednesday\u2019s Russian attack on Ternopil. Russia unleashed 476 drones and 48 missiles across Ukraine, striking vital energy and transportation infrastructure and forcing emergency power cut-offs during freezing weather.<\/p>\n<p>In Ternopil, the attack obliterated the upper floors of a residential building. Smoke billowed from the structure as firefighters battled the blaze while distraught residents gathered below, anxiously awaiting word about missing loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Klymenko reported via Telegram that emergency crews worked throughout the night searching through the collapsed structure. \u201cA lot of work lies ahead. The main thing is to find those who could still be under the rubble,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the building where two entrances were completely burned out, not a single flat was left intact. The flames flared up instantly and engulfed the building in a wave. People were terrified and tried to jump out of windows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities confirmed three children were among those killed.<\/p>\n<p>Oksana Kobel remained hopeful about her son, who had been in a ninth-floor flat during the strike. \u201cI went to work, heard the explosions. I called him and said \u2018Bohdan, go to the shelter, get dressed.\u2019 He answered \u2018Mum, I am already up, everything will be fine\u2019,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Poland, a NATO member sharing a border with western Ukraine, temporarily shuttered Rzeszow and Lublin airports in its southeast and deployed aircraft to protect its airspace.<\/p>\n<p>The bombardment coincided with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s visit to Turkiye aimed at reviving peace talks with Russia following his European diplomatic mission.<\/p>\n<p>The attack damaged energy infrastructure across seven Ukrainian regions, prompting nationwide restrictions on power consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, which denies intentionally targeting civilians, claimed the air strikes were in response to \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d on Russian territory, alleging Ukrainian forces fired four United States-made ATACMS missiles at Voronezh in southern Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s military confirmed on Tuesday that it had targeted Russian military installations with these missiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 20 Nov 202520 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A devastating Russian aerial assault on Ternopil in western Ukraine has killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has confirmed. 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