Ternopil, 19 November 2025: cruise missiles into two nine-storey blocks

On the morning of 19 November 2025, in a mass attack of 476 drones and 48 missiles on Ukraine, Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Russian strategic bombers hit two nine-storey residential buildings in Ternopil, in western Ukraine. Rescuers searched the rubble for four days. By 8 December the police counted 38 people killed, eight of them children; 94 were injured, 18 of them children. The UN Secretary-General condemned the attack. Russia's Ministry of Defence said all intended targets were hit.

Kh-101 cruise missiles on two residential buildings; 38 killed including 8 children; 94 injured including 18 children — Tier B: Air Force, police, State Emergency Service Long-range strikes on cities far from the front — 2022 to date — pattern Attack directed at civilians or indiscriminate; no qualification by a Ukrainian prosecutor located — hub inference, position

Russia said. Russian Ministry of Defence · daily briefing · 19 Nov 2025: “All intended targets were hit and the objectives of the strike were achieved.” — No target in Ternopil was named; two blocks of flats were hit. Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from strategic aviation hit two nine-storey residential buildings in Ternopil (Air Force of Ukraine, 19 Nov 2025); 38 killed including eight children (police, 8 Dec 2025); 94 injured including 18 children (State Emergency Service).

Evidence held: UN Secretary-General, on X, 20 Nov 2025; UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine M. Schmale, 19 Nov 2025; Air Force of Ukraine, 19 Nov 2025; Ternopil Oblast Police, 8 Dec 2025.