The strike involving cruise missiles hit a five-story residential building, which was engulfed in fire, Gov. Serhiy Lysak of the Dnipropetrovsk region wrote on Telegram.
After initial reports of three dead, Kryvyi Rih mayor Oleksandr Vilkul wrote on the social media app that the death toll had risen to a least six, and seven people were feared trapped under the rubble.The devastation in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown is the latest bloodshed in Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month, as Ukrainian forces are mounting counteroffensive operations using Western-supplied firepower to try to drive out the Russians.
Police officers and rescuers stand next to the bodies of people killed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on June 13, 2023.The aerial assault was the latest barrage of strikes by Russian forces that targeted various parts of Ukraine overnight. People react at a site of the residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on June 13, 2023.Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” outside Bakhmut, the commander of the country’s ground troops said on Tuesday morning.
For weeks, Ukrainian officials have been reporting small gains west of Bakhmut, which Moscow took last month following the war’s longest and bloodiest battle.
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