Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
Emergency workers finished digging through the building’s rubble after more than a day, Mr Zelensky said on X.
I honored the memory of those killed at the site of the residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike. Here, Russia took the lives of 24 people, including three children. My sincere condolences to everyone who lost their families and loved ones because of this savage… pic.twitter.com/amDQGLdfZ3
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 15, 2026
The cruise missile hit the nine-storey corner block amid what the Ukrainian air force said Russia’s biggest barrage of the country since its all-out invasion.
The assault mostly targeted the Ukrainian capital, where 48 people wereimjured, including two children, Mr Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian capital observed an official day of mourning on Friday in remembrance of those killed.
The cruise missile that hit the building was built in the second quarter of this year, Mr Zelensky said, apparently after Ukrainian experts analysed the wreckage.
“This means Russia is still importing the components, resources, and equipment necessary for missile production in circumvention of global sanctions,” Mr Zelensky said in another post on X late Thursday
“Stopping Russia’s sanctions evasion schemes must be a genuine priority for all our partners,” he said.