BREAKING NEWS: 20 dead in Ternopil: Zelenskyy reacts to Russian air strikes in Ukraine

Irina Pogorelaya09:44, 19.11.25

Several high-rise buildings were destroyed in the area, and many people were injured. Dozens were also injured in Kharkiv, which the Russians began attacking that evening.

The Russian occupiers struck Ukraine with more than 470 attack drones and 48 missiles of various types.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this . “In Ternopil, nine-story residential buildings were hit, causing fires. Unfortunately, there is significant damage to buildings, and there may be people under the rubble,” the head of state said.

He added that all necessary services are working at the impact sites to save people.

“As of now, we know of dozens of casualties and, unfortunately, nine people have died,” Zelenskyy shared details.Read also:

Zelensky also noted that a massive attack had hit Kharkiv earlier that evening, leaving dozens of people injured, including children, and damaging energy, transportation, and civilian infrastructure.

“They attacked the energy sector in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Three people were injured, two of them children. Critical infrastructure and the energy sector were targeted in the Lviv region. One person was injured in the Donetsk region. The Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Dnipro regions were also hit,” the head of state noted.

In response to the attack, Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine’s primary needs are air defense missiles, additional systems, increased combat aviation capabilities, and the production of drones to protect lives.

“Russia must be held accountable for its actions, and we must focus on everything that strengthens us and allows us to shoot down Russian missiles, neutralize Russian drones, and stop the attacks,” the president concluded.

Night strike on Ukraine

During the night, the Russians launched several groups of attack drones into Ukraine, and in the early morning, they began attacking with missiles. The main focus of the attack was the western regions of Ukraine.

It is already known that landings have been recorded in Lviv, Ternopil, and the Ivano-Frankivsk region. According to media reports, the Russians attempted to strike the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant.

(c)UNIAN 2025

13 comments

  1. The pain of the loved ones of the victims will be indescribable.

    This is diabolical evil.

    Putler’s savagery against Ukrainians has increased exponentially since Krasnov took office.
    And he offers friendship, mineral deals and business cooperation with a child murdering nazi motherfucker.

    • Even amidst this diabolical evil you are political. You disrespect the victims by bringing politics into their tragedy. But you don’t care about them, just yourself. You need a doctor and a priest.

      • I respect the victims above all.
        Unlike you I know exactly where the blame lies.
        You are not an advocate for Ukraine. You answer only to the magaputler shitheads who want Ukraine dead.

        • You are blinded by your ideology if you don’t think I’m an advocate for Ukraine. You seem to be spending a lot of time on my instrument of advocacy here………………….

          • I don’t criticize your website.
            I give credit where credit’s due to all those who help Ukraine; whether it’s my friend in Kyiv who devotes every minute of her spare time to raising funds for the ZSU, the charity I support: British Ukrainian Aid, or the politicians, media figures, academics or business figures who do their best for Ukraine.
            I also consider it a duty to name and excoriate those who help putler.
            I do this on the DT, the DM, UAWIRE, UT and used to on Breitbart until Bannon’s mods banned me.
            The biggest western enemy of Ukraine is Paul Manafort. The most dangerous and powerful one is his longstanding close friend Trump, whose track record of Ukraine hatred is so vile and disgusting that it’s simply impossible to not to conclude that he wants Ukrainians dead.
            Every comment I make on Krasnov is factual and based on the putrid things he has actually said and done.
            Your idol Krasnov is now trying to force Ukraine to surrender land to child-murdering, child kidnapping nazis.
            Those who voted for Krasnov are getting exactly what he promised : zero help for Ukraine and, as a bonus, a ruling regime that is packed with Ukraine-hating bastards.

            • I will remind you, you said, “You are not an advocate for Ukraine. You answer only to the magaputler shitheads who want Ukraine dead.”

              What kind of person would say that to me? How can you possibly forget the last 11 years? You owe me a huge apology and a promise to be respectful to all Ukraine supporters here. You should never say anything online that you wouldn’t say in person.

              Also, imagine if the roles were reversed here, would you block or ban me from your website? Of course you would, because I do not always agree with you. Instead, I allow you to spout your lies and insults. I will wait for your apology and promise to be respectful.

              • You are a fanatic and fanatics can’t be reasoned with.
                If you say nice things to people, you get nice things back. 
I don’t bother to keep the many sickening tirades of abuse, hatred and lies that you have spewed out at me on multiple occasions, so I don’t have them to hand. It’s too depressing. Others will have seen them and will make up their own minds.
                Suffice to say : I don’t respond to anything you post, unless you have first directed one of your foul insults at me personally.
                I am happy just to ignore you, if only you’d ignore me. You did previously agree to do just that, but you just can’t control yourself.
                I am very proud of the many superb articles and journalism I have brought to this site. They will be a wonderful source of reference going forward. Normal people would thank me for it, as they do on LI and FB, where I post original content under my own name to people that know me personally.
                It is you who should be apologizing to me.
                Before you became a fanatic you did not post foul abuse to me and I had no need to defend myself. It is you who changed, not I.
                I occasionally have to contend with professional kremtrolls on the DT and even sometimes on LI, but none of them come anywhere near to you in terms of levels of ad hom toxic abuse and lies.

      • Lay off the pathetic rhetoric, Red. You know damned well that war is a political matter. And, things could be far better for Ukraine if we didn’t have a piece of steaming dog shit as president! These victims could very well be alive! But, it’s more important to you to protect a creature that never deserves it, and should be behind bars.

        • We’re just different. I think Putler is guilty and you and Scragde think Trump is guilty. We should support ALL people supporting Ukraine. Not just from those that pass Scradgje’s litmus test. Its amazing that someone unifying people for Ukraine gets the criticism but those that divide people get your support.
          I will remind you Sir Facts, this is how he speaks to me now. Please tell me if I deserve this and I will just shut down this fucking website since I’m such a POS…
          “You are not an advocate for Ukraine. You answer only to the magaputler shitheads who want Ukraine dead.”
          And nobody corrects him…on the contrary, when I point out that I love and support Ukraine, I get the criticism and worse. Its fucking amazing how you two treat someone in the foxhole with you.

          • No, Red, it’s not only the vampire that’s guilty, it’s also Taco. Wake up and smell the coffee, for Christ’s sake.

  2. Updated at 12:26. According to the National Police, as of 12:00, 16 people were killed in Ternopil, and another 64 were injured, including 14 children.

    As a result of the attack by enemy drones and missiles, two residential high-rise buildings were hit, causing fires and destruction. Industrial and critical infrastructure facilities were also damaged.

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