24 people killed in Russian strike on Kyiv. Rescuers clear the rubble of a destroyed nine-
news 24 people killed in Russian strike on Kyiv Rescuers clear the rubble of a destroyed nine-story building. Two days after the end of a truce that ran from May 9 to 11, Russian f
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news 24 people killed in Russian strike on Kyiv Rescuers clear the rubble of a destroyed nine-story building. Two days after the end of a truce that ran from May 9 to 11, Russian forces launched a massive strike on Ukraine, deploying 670 attack drones and 56 missiles.
Key points
- In Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, a section of a residential building — floors one through nine — collapsed in the attack, destroying 18 apartments.
- On the morning of May 15, after more than a day of search-and-rescue operations, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced that 24 people had been killed in the attack, including three ch…
- Among the dead were 12-year-old Lyubava Yakovleva and her older sister, daughters of soldier Yevhen Yakovlev, who went by the call sign “Rudyi” (Redhead) and was killed in the war in April 2023.
- On its Facebook page, Lyubava’s school announced her death, noting that her older sister was still buried under the rubble at the time.
- No survivors were found overnight.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Meduza (English).