Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24 - BERITAJA

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a location heavy damaged aft a Russian onslaught connected a residential vicinity successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Thursday, May 14, 2026. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian rocket onslaught connected a Kyiv flat building the erstwhile time killed 24 people, including 3 children.

Emergency workers vanished digging done the building's rubble aft much than a day, Zelenskyy said connected X.

The cruise rocket deed the nine-story area artifact during what the Ukrainian aerial unit said was Russia's biggest barrage of the state since its all-out invasion.

The battle mostly targeted the Ukrainian capital, wherever 48 group were wounded, including 2 children, Zelenskyy said.

Russia hammered Ukraine pinch large-scale aerial attacks successful the days pursuing a May 9-11 ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to observe. Fighting went connected complete those 72 hours, though reportedly connected a lesser scale.

This week's attacks ran antagonistic to caller suggestions from Trump and Putin that the war, now successful its 5th year, is adjacent to ending.

Zelenskyy said Thursday that Moscow had launched much than 1,560 drones against Ukrainian organization centers since Wednesday. In all, immoderate 180 sites crossed the state were damaged, including much than 50 residential buildings, he said.

Previously, the biggest Russian drone onslaught was from the evening of March 23 to the evening of March 24 erstwhile Moscow's forces fired about 1,000 drones and missiles astatine Ukraine.

The Ukrainian superior observed an charismatic time of mourning Friday successful remembrance of those killed.

The cruise rocket that deed the flat building was built successful the 2nd 4th of this year, Zelenskyy said, apparently aft Ukrainian experts analyzed the wreckage.

"This intends Russia is still importing the components, resources, and instrumentality basal for rocket accumulation successful circumvention of world sanctions," Zelenskyy said successful different station connected X precocious Thursday.

"Stopping Russia's sanctions evasion schemes must beryllium a genuine privilege for each our partners," he said.

Russia and Ukraine person continued to occasionally switch prisoners of war, and 205 from each state returned location Friday.

Zelenskyy said it was the first shape of a planned 1,000-for-1,000 captive swap. Some of the Ukrainians released had been held successful Russian captivity since 2022, he said, and had fought successful immoderate of the war's fiercest battles.

Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed the speech and thanked the United Arab Emirates for helping agent it.