Ukrainians mourn 31 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit a day before, by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released August 1, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv city/Handout via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Russia's worst air strike of the year on Ukraine's capital to 31.

A two-year-old was among the five children found dead after Thursday's sweeping Russian drone and missile attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, announcing the end of a more than 24-hour-long rescue operation.