- November 19, 2025
- 5:50 pm
- World News
The night of November 19 became new evidence that Russia has long ceased to be anything other than a terrorist regime. A country calling itself a “military power” acted not as an army, but as a criminal group striking at those who are simply living.
That night, Moscow launched more than 470 strike UAVs and 48 missiles of various types at Ukraine. Not at military targets. Not at equipment. But at cities where people were closing windows, going to sleep, or putting a kettle on in the kitchen.
Ukraine endured, but the cost of the terror unleashed on the country was once again horrific.
Ternopil: two destroyed nine-story buildings, 10 dead, and 12 injured children — the result of a targeted strike on civilians
The most brutal strike of the night hit Ternopil — a city that Russia decided to show the world as an “example” that no one in Ukraine is safe.
According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko:
10 people killed.
37 injured.
12 children among the injured.
About 500 rescuers are working, with more than 100 units of equipment. People are trapped under the rubble.
Two nine-story buildings are destroyed:
one is on fire,
in the other, a section collapsed from the 3rd to the 9th floor.
This is not a “random hit.” This is not a “guidance error.” Ternopil is hundreds of kilometers from the front. Russia struck where it was easiest: at homes where life was still somehow holding on.
Kharkiv: more than 10 destroyed houses, damaged schools, shops, ambulance substation. 46 injured — among them children
The Kharkiv region police reported the consequences of the night drone strike:
more than ten apartment buildings damaged,
businesses, shops, and a supermarket destroyed,
an ambulance substation affected,
a school damaged.
46 Kharkiv residents injured, among them children aged 9 and 13.
These are not military targets — this is the everyday life of a big city, which Russia systematically and purposefully strikes.
Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions: fires, damage, energy under attack
A large-scale fire broke out in Lviv. Among the damaged buildings is an energy facility on which city districts depend.
The Ivano-Frankivsk region was also under massive shelling: private buildings were damaged, and rescuers worked all night.
The scale of the Russian strike: more like an attempt to scorch the country than a military operation
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia launched more than 470 strike drones and 48 missiles of various types.
This means that Moscow used the full spectrum of terrorist tactics: overloading air defenses with swarms of drones, then attempting to break through the defense with missiles aimed mainly at civilian infrastructure.
Energy, transport, and residential buildings were damaged.
Russia claims it is “at war.” But a country that dumps hundreds of munitions on cities far from the front is not waging war — it is conducting the annihilation of the population.
Zelensky’s statement: “Russia strikes at those who are simply living”
The President of Ukraine emphasized that the attack was aimed at civilian objects. This is an acknowledgment of the level: even officials are now calling things by their names — Russia targets people, not the army.
Zelensky once again appealed to allies to strengthen air defenses, because every Patriot or IRIS-T battery is dozens of saved people who could become victims of the next night.
Israel understands perfectly what is happening: terror is recognized instantly
For Israelis, such nights sound too familiar. Sirens, night explosions, shelters, attempts to maintain a normal life while deadly drones fly overhead. Israel knows what it means to protect homes, schools, and shops from terrorists.
The only difference is that Ukraine has been living in this mode for almost three years without pauses.
This is not a “special operation.” This is not a “conflict.” This is an attempt to destroy the country as a space where life exists.
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Conclusion: Russia once again showed that its goal is fear, destruction, and death
The attack on November 19 is yet another proof that Russia is not trying to fight the army. It is trying to scorch cities.
It destroys homes where children live.
It bombs schools, shops, ambulance substations.
It targets those who are simply living.
And every such night is a reminder to the world: if you consider this “ordinary news,” it means allowing terror to become the norm.
Ukraine holds on. But the world must see that what is happening on its land is not war — but systematic, methodical destruction of civilians.
