Photos of the aftermath of a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A Russian missile attack flattened a Kyiv apartment building, one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in the 4-year-old war.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Rescue workers carry an injured woman on a stretcher from a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rescue workers carry an injured woman on a stretcher from a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A neighbour hugs a crying woman at a site of a Russian missile attack on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A neighbour hugs a crying woman at a site of a Russian missile attack on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A policeman look at a building damaged after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A policeman look at a building damaged after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Apartment interiors are seen in a damaged residential house following Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Apartment interiors are seen in a damaged residential house following Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Family photo albums are seen near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Family photo albums are seen near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Relatives mourn at an improvised memorial to victims of Thursday's Russian air attack when a missile hit a residential house killing 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Relatives mourn at an improvised memorial to victims of Thursday’s Russian air attack when a missile hit a residential house killing 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A rescue worker walks on the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A rescue worker walks on the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A teenage girl cries near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A teenage girl cries near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Photos of a girl who was killed are seen among flowers near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Photos of a girl who was killed are seen among flowers near a heavily damaged house after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Residents of a neighbouring house, whose wall is damaged with shrapnel, look at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment house on Thursday killing 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Residents of a neighbouring house, whose wall is damaged with shrapnel, look at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment house on Thursday killing 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Teenagers hug each other near a heavily damaged house, after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Teenagers hug each other near a heavily damaged house, after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A rescue worker sits near a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A rescue worker sits near a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)