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Morning opening: Zelenskyy condemns 'wicked' attack on Ukraine

Jakub Krupa

Russia has launched a “wicked” attack on Ukraine overnight with 430 drones and 18 missiles, with the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying was “deliberately calculated” and “aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure.”

A drone explodes during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

An apartment is seen damaged after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine.

At least four people were killed, with “dozens” wounded, including children, he said.

The attack largely targeted Kyiv, hitting “almost every district” of the capital, the head of the city’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on social media.

In his comments after the attack, Zelenskyy repeated his call that “the world must stop these attacks … with sanctions,” warning that “Russia is still able to sell oil and build its schemes.”

“All of this must end. A great deal of work is under way with partners to strengthen our air defence, but it is not enough. We need reinforcement with additional systems and interceptor missiles,” he said, calling for help from the EU and the US.

A woman carries her baby as she comes back from a shelter inside a metro station after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

We will follow all reactions to the attack.

It’s Friday, 14 November 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

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Ukrainian drones force suspension of oil exports at key Russian port

Elsewhere, Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a key outlet for Russian commodity shipments, suspended oil exports after what authorities said was a major Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources told Reuters.

A view shows the crude oil terminal Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka owned by Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) near the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia.

The attack, one of the biggest on Russian oil-exporting infrastructure in recent months, comes after Ukraine in August stepped up strikes on Russian oil refineries in an attempt to degrade Moscow’s ability to finance its war, Reuters noted.

Hungary looks to sue EU over ban on Russian gas imports

Meanwhile, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán said that his government would take the European Union to court over its decision last month to phase out Russian gas imports, AFP reported.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán speaks during a bilateral lunch with US president Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House last week.

The agency noted that Hungary – the Kremlin’s closest ally in the 27-nation EU – still depends heavily on Russian energy imports despite Moscow invading Ukraine in 2022.

EU countries last month agreed to phase out their remaining gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027. All but Hungary and Slovakia supported the latest move, according to diplomats.

“We do not accept this obviously unlawful solution contrary to European values, which was chosen by Brussels to shut down a national government that disagrees with it,” Orban told state radio in his weekly interview.

“We are turning to the European court of justice.”

“This is no longer a sanction but a trade policy measure,” he continued of the EU decision.

The nationalist premier added he was also “looking for other, non-legal” means to dissuade Brussels but said he would not give details for now, AFP said.

Zelenskyy to visit Macron in Paris on Monday

And it looks like Zelenskyy will be also making trips to brief some leaders in person, as the Élysée Palace has just announced that the Ukrainian president will visit France’s Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday.

The French president will “reaffirm … France’s commitment to Ukraine’s security,” and the pair will also discuss cooperations in areas such as energy, defence, and the economy, Reuters reported.

French president Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive for a meeting with other international leaders during the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at the Élysée Palace in Paris in September.

Zelenskyy tasks diplomats with briefing partners on Russian strikes on civilian, energy targets

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a further update after overnight attacks on Ukraine, saying he tasked the country’s diplomats to “fully brief our partners on the Russian attacks, their nature and their chosen targets.”

Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a damaged residential building following an airstrike in Kyiv.

“Russia continues its terror against Ukrainian cities, specifically against civilian infrastructure – and the key targets for Russia last night were residential areas in Kyiv and energy facilities,” he said.

Curiously, Zelenskyy also disclosed that Ukraine used “Long Neptune” missiles for strikes against targets in Russia, which he said was “our entirely just response to Russia’s ongoing terror.”

“Ukrainian missiles are delivering increasingly significant and precise results virtually every month,” he said.

'Families went to sleep expecting normal night and faced terror from sky,' Ukrainian PM says

Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko also called the attack “unprecedented,” saying that around 30 residential buildings in Kyiv were hit.

Neighbours assist an elderly woman to evacuate from a damaged apartment building hit during an overnight Russian drone and missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine.

She said 26 people were injured, including two children and a pregnant woman.

These are families who went to sleep expecting a normal night, and instead faced terror from the sky.

She added:

“Every such attack underscores a clear and urgent truth: Ukraine needs air defences and decisive steps to increase pressure on the aggressor. The long-awaited decision on frozen Russian assets must move forward without delay. This is a strategic necessity.”