Zelensky condemns 'vile' large-scale Russian attacks that killed 24
Russian missile strikes across Ukraine, including an attack on an apartment block in Pryluky, have resulted in at least 25 deaths, including several children. President Zelensky condemned the attacks, which occurred on Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.
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The escalation of civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict highlights the severe humanitarian impact of the war in Ukraine.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amy Walker and Paul Kirby , Europe digital editor Reuters The number of casualties rose throughout the day as rescuers searched the rubble A Russian missile has killed 19 people including five children in an apartment block in northern Ukraine, destroying 30 flats as families slept.
Three of the children were one-year-olds in the attack on Pryluky, east of Kyiv, early on Wednesday, and one of the boys died with his mother and grandmother, officials said.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said it was one of Russia's "most vile strikes", and suggested the Russian military had carried it out as a "birthday gift" to Vladimir Putin, who turned 74 on Wednesday.
Moscow made no mention of the attack on Pryluky but said its "massive strike" had targeted military industries in Kyiv and elsewhere.
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