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Ukraine vows retribution after Russian strike on housing block kills 24

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 218 words
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-vows-retribution-after-russian-strike-on-hou…

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Claim 1: “President Volodymyr Zelenskiy laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building”
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Three separate reports confirm that President Zelenskiy visited the site of the destroyed apartment building and laid red roses at the rubble.
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web search NEUTRAL — KYIV, May 15 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised retribution against Russia on Friday after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike ki…
https://www.aol.com/articles/zelenskiy-condemns-russia-strik…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zelenskiy visited the destroyed apartment building on Friday, laying red roses at the site and meeting rescue workers who had spent more than twenty eight hours searching for survivors beneath the rub…
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/05/15/zelenskiy-condemns-rus…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Friday for Moscow to be punished after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including th…
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/zelenskyy-condemns-rus…
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Claim 2: “President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised retribution against Russia on Friday”
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Multiple independent news outlets, including Reuters (via AOL) and The Canberra Times, report that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised retribution against Russia on Friday following the strike.
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web search NEUTRAL — KYIV, May 15 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised retribution against Russia on Friday after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike ki…
https://www.aol.com/articles/zelenskiy-condemns-russia-strik…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed retribution against Russia for a missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building that killed 24 people, including three children.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/zelenskyy-vows-retrib…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has promised retribution against Russia after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, includi…
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9247773/zelenskiy-vow…
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Claim 3: “Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children”
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Three independent sources (Meduza, and two other news reports) confirm that the death toll from the Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building reached 24 people, including three children.
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web search NEUTRAL — On the morning of May 15, after more than a day of search-and-rescue operations, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced that 24 people had been killed in the attack, including three child…
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/05/15/24-people-killed-in-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Twenty four people died, including three children, in a Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building. It was part of Russia's heaviest bombardment of the Ukrainian capital this year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/zelenskyy-vows-retrib…
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web search NEUTRAL — The death toll from a massive Russian attack on Kyiv has climbed to 24, including three children, as the Ukrainian capital declared Friday a day of mourning following one of the war's deadliest strike…
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/artykul/3687219,death-t…
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