A rescuer stands in front of a residential building demolished by Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine, May 14, 2026
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UPDATE 0817 GMT:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the site of the apartment block where Russia murdered 24 civilians, including three civilians, in Kyiv on Thursday.
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
UPDATE 0805 GMT:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the return of 205 prisoners of wars as part of a 1,000-for-1,000 exchange with Russia.
Zelensky announced the planned swap last week just before a three-day weekend ceasefire for Russia’s “Victory Day”.
205 Ukrainians are home.
Today, warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service are returning from Russian captivity. This is the first stage of the 1,000-for-1,000 exchange.Among those released are privates, sergeants, and… pic.twitter.com/nhw50vUfZ6
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 15, 2026
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Russia murdered at least 24 civilians, including three children, and injured at least 48 in missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Thursday.
The mass killing came amid Russia’s record-setting aerial assault on Wednesday and Thursday, with around 1,600 drones and scores of missiles. Yesterday’s attacks included 675 drones and 56 missiles.
Most of the fatalities occurred when a Kh-101 missile demolished a nine-story residential building on the eastern bank of the city. Another 17 people were missing as of Thursday night.
Final death toll: 24. Three children among those. 48 injured, including two children. After 28 hours of digging through the rubble of one stairwell of one apartment building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, Ukraine's State Emergency Service ended the rescue.
President Zelenskyy… pic.twitter.com/20XyaB9SrZ
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) May 15, 2026
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky remarked in a video message:
“This is a deliberate terrorist tactic by the Russians, who amassed drones and missiles over a period of time and intentionally calculated the strike so that its scale would be significant, creating the greatest possible difficulties for our air defense.
It was a Kh-101 missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv, according to preliminary data.
The missile was manufactured in the second quarter of this year. This means Russia is still importing the components, resources, and equipment necessary for missile production in… pic.twitter.com/yBjzl8J6o5
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 14, 2026
Zelensky instructed Ukraine’s military to prepare “possible formats for our response”.
Ukrainian drones hit military and energy infrastructure across Russia early Friday, including the Ryazan oil refinery, around 122 miles southeast of Moscow.
Videos and photos on social media showed a large fire after resident reported drones and explosions near the refinery,
Ryazan is one of Russia’s largest refineries, producing more than 17.1 million tons of oil per year.
Ryazan oil refinery. The contrast is striking: Russians strike residential buildings, while we target the energy infrastructure (that enables the production of missiles used against those buildings) pic.twitter.com/VwD4zglRZl
— Vladyslav Vlasiuk (@vladvlas) May 15, 2026
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha is seeking a United Nations Security Council meeting “to respond to Russia’s killings of Ukrainian civilians and attacks against humanitarian personnel”.
“Such scale of Russian terror necessitates strong international responses and I request all states to react,” Sybiha posted.
