Russian missile strike kills 9, injures 29 in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage and photos taken at the scene, showing rescue workers scouring the debris for survivors.
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KYIV - A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s southern city of Kryvyi Rih on June 12 killed nine people and injured 29, including five children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
The deadliest attack in weeks damaged an administrative building and an apartment block, Ukraine’s military command said on the Telegram messaging app.
Mr Klymenko said recovery work was now complete.
“Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine, together with its partners, should strengthen air defences,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attack.
Kryvyi Rih is his hometown.
In video shared by Mr Zelensky, one man was shown being carried out of the rubble on a stretcher. Firefighters battled blazes and rescuers heaved a block of concrete in the ruins.
Kryvyi Rih, which had a pre-war population of around 635,000, has been targeted by Russian forces throughout the invasion, launched by the Kremlin in February 2022.
It lies in the industrial Dnipropetrovsk region where officials said three civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, had been wounded in a Russian drone attack overnight. REUTERS, AFP
