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Authorities say a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine has demolished an apartment block in Kyiv, killing nine and wounding dozens. It was a third straight day that Moscow has unleashed such a large-scale barrage. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched over 1,560 drones at Ukraine since Wednesday. The bombardment has affected multiple cities and strained Ukraine’s air defenses. Damage to energy infrastructure has left many without power. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha calls for international pressure on Moscow and noted the attack came as U.S. President Donald Trump met in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Sybiha said the two leaders had sufficient leverage to compel Russia to stop the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children. Emergency workers finished digging through the building’s rubble after more than a day, Zelenskyy said on X. The cruise missile hit the nine-story corner block amid what the Ukrainian air force said Russia’s biggest barrage of the country since its all-out invasion. The assault mostly targeted the Ukrainian capital, where 48 people were wounded, Zelenskyy said.