At least 24 killed in Kyiv in one of deadliest Russian attacks since start of war – Europe live

At least 24 people, including three children, were reported killed in yesterday’s Russian attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The death toll update came after a night of search and rescue operations.

“The Russians practically demolished an entire section of the building with their missile,” president Zelenskyy said after visiting the site in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs said it was “one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv since the start of Russia’s full-scale war.”

Zelenskyy added:

“A Russia like this can never be normalised – a Russia that deliberately destroys lives and hopes to remain unpunished. Pressure is needed. It is Ukraine that is defending Europe and the world so that such strikes, in which children are killed, do not spread further.”

Separately, Russia and Ukraine have reportedly exchanged 205 prisoners of war each, which Zelenskyy said was the first part of a broader swap of 1,000 for 1,000.

It’s Friday, 15 May 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

Good morning.