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Parents find out their son died buried under rubble of destroyed building after Russian missile attack. He was among 19 recovered bodies

The couple waited all day long at the missile impact site as emergency crews worked through debris, only to eventually learn that their son was killed by the Russian attack.
Ukrainian rescuers retrieved 19 bodies from a single nine-story building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district destroyed by a Russian missile strike on 17 June.
Ukrainian rescuers retrieved 19 bodies from a single nine-story building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district destroyed by a Russian missile strike on 17 June. Photo: State Emergency Service
Parents find out their son died buried under rubble of destroyed building after Russian missile attack. He was among 19 recovered bodies

The number of fatalities from Russia’s 17 June massive attack on Kyiv has climbed to 24 people, with rescue teams continuing to recover bodies from the debris of a destroyed residential building.

The strikes coincided with a G7 summit in Canada, where US President Donald Trump rejected new sanctions on Russia, drawing condemnation from Ukrainian officials who labeled the attack as terrorism and a deliberate affront to the international community.

Search and rescue operations have been ongoing since the early morning hours on 18 June at a nine-story apartment complex in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district struck by a Russian ballistic missile, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

Rescue crews worked through the night to extract victims from the rubble. The casualty count increased throughout the day as emergency workers made additional recoveries, with the latest update on death toll being 19 people killed in one single building. Five more civilians died on other sites affected by the Russian attack.

Russian ballistic missile hit a residential building in Kyiv, broke through concrete floors into the basement level, burying residents under the rubble. Photo: State Emergency Service

Among the victims was a 31-year-old man whose parents had waited all day at the strike site hoping for his rescue. He did not survive.

The missile strike caused extensive damage to the residential structure, with the projectile penetrating deep enough to break through concrete floors into the basement level. The building housed multiple families across its nine floors.

Beyond the fatalities, the State Emergency Service documented 134 people injured across the capital. Rescue operations remain active in Kyiv as teams continue searching for potential survivors and victims in the damaged structures.

In response to the devastation, Kyiv authorities declared a day of mourning on 18 June, with flags lowered, entertainment events canceled, and the city honoring the victims.

US Embassy in Kyiv announced its participation in the city’s day of mourning for the 24 people killed in Kyiv, including one American citizen. The Embassy also characterized the 17 June Russian strike as contradicting President Trump’s calls to end the war and stop the killing.

The attack on Kyiv was part of a broader Russian assault on Ukraine that also targeted Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, and Mykolaiv oblasts. On the night of 16-17 June, Russian forces launched a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles, including cruise and ballistic types.

In Odesa, the assault killed a 60-year-old woman and injured 17 people, including a pregnant woman and a 17-year-old girl, while also damaging civilian infrastructure including residential buildings, a preschool facility, and garages.