Rescue employees clear the rubble of a home closely broken after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Could 14, 2026.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Friday {that a} Russian missile assault on a Kyiv residence constructing the day before today killed 24 individuals, together with three kids.
Emergency employees completed digging via the constructing’s rubble after greater than a day, Zelenskyy stated on X.
The cruise missile hit the nine-story nook block throughout what the Ukrainian air drive stated was Russia’s largest barrage of the nation since its all-out invasion.
The assault principally focused the Ukrainian capital, the place 48 individuals have been wounded, together with two kids, Zelenskyy stated.
Russia hammered Ukraine with large-scale aerial assaults within the days following a Could Sept. 11 ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump stated he requested Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to watch. Preventing went on over these 72 hours, though reportedly on a lesser scale.
This week’s assaults ran counter to current solutions from Trump and Putin that the warfare, now in its fifth yr, is near ending.
Zelenskyy stated Thursday that Moscow had launched greater than 1,560 drones in opposition to Ukrainian inhabitants facilities since Wednesday. In all, some 180 websites throughout the nation have been broken, together with greater than 50 residential buildings, he stated.
Beforehand, the largest Russian drone assault was from the night of March 23 to the night of March 24 when Moscow’s forces fired practically 1,000 drones and missiles at Ukraine.
The Ukrainian capital noticed an official day of mourning Friday in remembrance of these killed.
The cruise missile that hit the residence constructing was constructed within the second quarter of this yr, Zelenskyy stated, apparently after Ukrainian consultants analyzed the wreckage.
“This means Russia is still importing the components, resources, and equipment necessary for missile production in circumvention of global sanctions,” Zelenskyy stated in one other submit on X late Thursday.
“Stopping Russia’s sanctions evasion schemes must be a genuine priority for all our partners,” he stated.
Russia and Ukraine have continued to often swap prisoners of warfare, and 205 from every nation returned house Friday.
Zelenskyy stated it was the primary section of a deliberate 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. A number of the Ukrainians launched had been held in Russian captivity since 2022, he stated, and had fought in a number of the warfare’s fiercest battles.
Russia’s Protection Ministry confirmed the trade and thanked the United Arab Emirates for serving to dealer it.
