Death Toll in Attack on Kyiv Apartment Building Now Stands at 24
Ukrainian officials said the strike was part of Russia’s largest aerial assault of the war, with 1,567 drones launched since Wednesday.
- On Thursday morning, a Russian missile struck a Kyiv apartment block, killing at least 21 people, including two children, prompting Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko to declare a day of mourning on Friday.
- Russia launched more than 800 drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, damaging 180 structures across the country, with 50 of the targets being residential apartment blocks, according to air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat.
- The Kyiv building was struck by a Kh-101 missile "manufactured in the second quarter of this year," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, revealing Russia's continued sanctions evasion for weapons production.
- EU chief Ursula von der Leyen stated Russia "openly mocks" peace efforts, while Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha linked the timing of strikes to ongoing discussions in Beijing between U.S. and Chinese leaders.
- Although Ukrainian air defenses intercepted over 93% of incoming threats, 20 people remain missing in Kyiv; strikes also injured 28 people in Kharkiv and two in Odesa.
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Two days after the end of the truce, between 9 and 11 May, the Russian armed forces carried out a massive strike against Ukraine, using 670 drones and 56 missiles. In the Darnitsk district of Kiev, a section of the residential house, from the first to the ninth floor, collapsed following a Russian strike. Eighteen apartments were destroyed. On the morning of 15 May, when the search and rescue operation, which lasted more than 24 hours, the head …
VIDEO - Russia's bombing of Kiev on the night of Wednesday to Thursday 14 May killed 24 children, announces Ukrainian relief services. Ukraine's capital will observe a day of mourning on Friday, according to its mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
At least 24 killed, including 3 children, in Russian strike on Kyiv apartment block
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Friday for Moscow to be punished after he laid red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children.
News about the Ukraine war in the ticker: 24 dead in a major Russian attack on Kiev. Drone alarm in Finland. Putin is planning a Beijing trip.
At the latest Russian attack on Kijev, najmanje 24 ljudi je poginulo, među kojima and dete, and blizu 50 ranjeno. Gađane su ukrajinske odbrambene industrije, vojni aerodromi, tvrdi rusko Ministarstvo odbranie.
According to Ukrainian sources, more than 20 civilians have been killed in the recent attack by the Russians on Kiev. "What we have to keep in mind is that Ukraine's arms production has now also been relocated to civilian buildings," said military expert Ralph D. Thiele.
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