Ukraine: three killed and dozens injured in Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih
Three people have been killed and 32 wounded in a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, the regional governor has said, as air attacks were reported in Kyiv and other cities.
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"A five-storey building got destroyed. According to initial reports, three of its residents died. Twenty-five people were injured," Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram. "There are still people under the rubble."
Seven other people were wounded in strikes early on Tuesday morning in two other locations, he added.
Lysak said three cruise missiles were shot down but others got through.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose home town is Kryvyi Rih, said Russia was continuing its "war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people" and the rescue operation was continuing in the city.
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Chergovi raketi teroristiv, rosiis'ki vbivtsi prodovzhuiut' svoiu viinu proti zhitlovikh budinkiv, zvichainikh mist i liudei. Na zhal', ie zagibli, ie poraneni. Riatuval'na operatsiia u Krivomu Rozi trivaie. Moyi spivchuttia usim, khto vtrativ ridnikh! Nikoli ne bude proshchennia teroristam, i za kozhnu... pic.twitter.com/0uxN8wyk8M -- Volodimir Zelens'kii (@ZelenskyyUa) June 13, 2023
Elsewhere, the Ukrainian capital and the north-eastern city of Kharkiv also came under missile and drone attack.
"According to initial reports, the enemy used Kh-101/555 cruise missiles," Kyiv's city military administration said. "All enemy targets in the airspace around Kyiv were detected and successfully destroyed," it said, adding there was no immediate information on any casualties or damage.
In Kharkiv, civilian infrastructure was hit by a drone attack, said the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov. "According to initial reports, a utility company in the Kyivskyi district, as well as a warehouse in Saltivskyi district got damaged. A fire broke out as a result of the explosion on the latter," he said.
Air alerts also sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast and the neighbouring Donetsk and Poltava regions.
The fresh wave of air attacks came after Ukraine claimed to have retaken several villages and made advances in its counter-offensive against Russian forces.
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"The fighting is tough, but we are moving forward, this is very important," Zelenskiy said on Monday in his daily evening address.