A missile launched by Russia struck a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, located in central Ukraine, injuring at least seven individuals, with several more trapped beneath the debris, as reported by officials.
Among the injured were two children, according to regional governor Serhiy Lysak via the Telegram messenger app.
The attack resulted in the destruction of apartments spanning from the first to the fifth floors, he noted.
Images shared by officials illustrated the building’s damaged roof and collapsed floors, which were engulfed in smoke. Vehicles parked outside were also buried under rubble.
In response, he made a renewed plea to allies for the supply of weaponry and “stronger global support” to counter Russian aggression.
Prior to this, Ukrainian authorities had issued air raid alerts across most of the country following Russian strikes that claimed the lives of at least six individuals in southern Ukraine.
Preventive power outages were implemented in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions, as per the Ukrainian energy provider DTEK’s announcement on Telegram.
Earlier, Russian airstrikes had resulted in at least six fatalities in southern Ukraine, occurring just a day after record overnight drone attacks were exchanged between Russia and Ukraine.
In the southern city of Mykolaiv, five people were reported killed, according to the regional governor, while another victim in Zaporizhzhia succumbed to injuries from an assault that left over a dozen wounded.
Smoke rises from a home following an artillery strike that occurred yesterday in Pokrovsk, Ukraine.
Approximately 300km east in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s state emergency services reported that Russia conducted three airstrikes that resulted in one death and damaged several buildings.
Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov stated that 18 individuals were injured, including five children.
“Boys aged 4, 16, and 17, as well as girls aged 15 and 17, received the necessary medical treatment,” he shared through Telegram.
During the night from Saturday to yesterday, Russia launched 145 drones at Ukraine, as revealed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, marking the highest number of drones deployed in a single nighttime assault throughout the conflict.
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In addition, Russia announced it had intercepted 34 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow yesterday, marking the largest attempted attack on the capital since the war began in 2022.
