“Ukraine will not allow any of the aggressor’s strikes that take the lives of our people to go unpunished,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Local residents stand in front of a makeshift memorial near a partially destroyed residential building in Kyiv on May 15, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Tetiana Dzhafarova)
16 May 2026 01:05AM
(Updated: 16 May 2026 01:06AM)
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday (May 15) to launch more retaliatory strikes on Russia, a day after a Russian strike on Kyiv killed 24 people, including three children, according to officials.Russia has shown little sign of halting its more than four-year invasion of Ukraine, launching hundreds of drones and multiple missiles at its neighbour every day.Kyiv has responded with its own attacks and a drone strike on the Russian city of Ryazan earlier Friday killed four people including a child, according to officials there.US-led talks on ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II have stalled in recent months, while Moscow has ruled out a ceasefire or comprehensive negotiations with Kyiv unless it caves to its maximalist demands."Ukraine will not allow any of the aggressor's strikes that take the lives of our people to go unpunished," Zelenskyy said in a post on X."We are entirely justified in our responses against Russia's oil industry, military production, and those directly responsible for committing war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians," he added.
