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Kryvyi Rih: Children among 14 dead in Russian attack, Zelensky says | |
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Ukraine's president sent his condolences to local families and said five residential buildings had been damaged | |
A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 14 people and left dozens of others wounded, according to regional head Serhii Lysak. | A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 14 people and left dozens of others wounded, according to regional head Serhii Lysak. |
Six of the dead were children, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up in the city. | |
Images from the scene showed at least one victim lying in a playground cordoned off by police. The head of the city's defence administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said a ballistic missile had landed in the centre of a residential area. | |
One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside. | |
The attack is among the deadliest on Kryvyi Rih since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. | |
The city also came under attack earlier this week when a building in the centre was struck. Officials said four people were killed in that attack. | |
Zelensky wrote on social media that at least five buildings had been damaged in Friday's strike: "There is only one reason why this continues: Russia doesn't want a ceasefire, and we see it." | |
His home city is about 40 miles (70km) from the front line in eastern Ukraine and with a population of 600,000 it is reputed to be the longest city in Europe. |