2025 Ternopil strike
Russian attack in Ukraine
The 19 November 2025 Ternopil missile strike was a large-scale airstrike conducted by Russian armed forces against the city of Ternopil in Western Ukraine. The attack, carried out in the early morning hours of 19 November 2025, targeted two residential apartment buildings, killing at least 38 people, including seven children, and injuring over 120 others. The strike is considered one of the deadliest attacks on western Ukraine since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022.
Background
By November 2025, Russia had substantially escalated its use of long-range missiles and drone swarms in what analysts described as a winter campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and civilian population centers. While eastern and central Ukraine had faced constant bombardment throughout the conflict, the western regions, particularly Ternopil located approximately 370 kilometers from Kyiv, had been perceived as relatively safer, attracting internally displaced persons and humanitarian operations.
On 19 November 2025, concurrent with the Ternopil strike, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was engaged in diplomatic efforts to restart peace talks, having met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. officials in Ankara.
Events
In the early hours of 19 November 2025, Russian strategic bombers conducted a coordinated attack across Ukraine utilizing hundreds of drones and cruise missiles. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles, with Ukrainian forces intercepting 442 drones and 41 missiles.
Six Tu-95MS and four Tu-160MS strategic bombers, operating from Russia's Vologda and Astrakhan Oblasts, fired Kh-101 cruise missiles at targets across Ukraine. Video analysis conducted by Ukrainian monitoring channel AirGuard and confirmed by Ukraine's Air Force Command identified Kh-101 cruise missiles as the primary weapons used in Ternopil.
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