“Ukraine: Russia Bombed Apartment Block in Pryluky as 'Birthday Gift' for Putin, Killing 9” — what this page in the network covers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately bombing a residential apartment building in Pryluky, killing nine people including three children, as a 'macabre gift' for Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday. The attack occurred the night before the Russian president's birthday on Wednesday. Zelenskyy described the overnight drone and missile strikes, which killed at least 15 people across Ukraine, as 'despicable,' saying Russia wanted to strike 'painfully and demonstratively.' The destruction of the building in Pryluky underscores the ongoing toll on civilians in the war.
The timing of the strike, coinciding with Putin's birthday, adds a layer of symbolic cruelty, according to Ukrainian officials. International observers have repeatedly condemned attacks on residential areas as potential war crimes. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.