Russian Drone Hits Ukrainian Kyiv Apartment, Moscow's Latest Attack Kills 16 People

The impact of Russia's latest attack on Ukraine/PHOTO via X @ZelenskyyUa

Russia destroyed parts of apartment blocks in Kyiv on Tuesday in the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.

The attack was part of a series of hundreds of unmanned aircraft and dozens of missiles that killed 16 people and injured 124 people.

Ukrainian officials announced a day of mourning on Wednesday, June 18, for the victims of an attack that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called one of the most horrific in the capital since the start of the war.

"Such attacks are pure terrorism. The whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as civilized society responds to terrorists. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin did this solely because he was able to continue the war," Zelenskyy said. June.

Zelenskyy said Russian troops sent 440 drones and fired 32 missiles at Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted to using air, land and sea-based drones and drones to attack Ukraine's military industrial complex objects in the Kyiv region and southern Zaporizhia province.

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27 locations in the capital were reported to have been hit by several waves of attacks throughout the night, which damaged residential buildings, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure.

The missile hit a nine-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district, Kyiv, destroying the entire building, which then destroyed it into piles of debris.

Emergency response officers combed the rubble and poured the fire with a hose.

They used a crane to take down an injured old woman on a stretcher out of a flat window in the adjacent building.