# Russian missile strike on Ukrainian apartment building kills 14, including four children

https://mins.news/en/item/89631

- Meduza, 2026-10-07 12:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/07/russian-missile-strike-on-apartment-building-in-ukraine-kills-14-including-four-children-zelensky-calls-it-the-russian-army-s-birthday-gift-to-putin

> Russia carried out a missile-and-drone assault across several Ukrainian regions overnight. In Pryluky, a cruise missile destroyed two sections of a five-story apartment building, killing 14 people, including four children, and injuring 50. Zelensky called the strike the Russian army’s “birthday present” to Putin, while Russia’s Defense Ministry said it targeted military facilities.

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