Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week Monday, killing at least 26 people on the eve of a crucial NATO summit, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack hit just days after another Russian strike killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian capital. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. President Volodymyr Zelensky decried the “brutal strike,” saying that “the Russians’ tactics are unchanged: to inflict as much pain and damage as possible on Ukrainians and on Ukraine.” In the northeastern city of Sumy, Russian drone strikes killed two people on Monday, the Ukrainian regional military administration said. Zelensky – expected to hold talks with US counterpart Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Turkey – pleaded for the alliance to boost Ukraine’s air defense against Russia’s ballistic missiles. He said Kyiv was successful in shooting down drones and cruise missiles but had “not enough means of defense” against hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles. “It is simply absurd that in the modern world, production has still not been organized to the extent that is necessary to protect people from ballistic terror,” he said in the aftermath of the strikes. He said Kyiv expected “decisions” on Ukrainian air defense at the NATO summit in Turkey. Earlier, NATO chief Mark Rutte said in Ankara: “Allies and NATO partners must continue to ensure Ukraine gets what it needs.”