At least eight people have been killed and 21 injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Kryvy Rih, local officials say.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says two children are among the injured after a residential building was hit on Wednesday. Another four people are missing.
Emergency services, police and volunteers are now combing through the wreckage. Search dogs have arrived on the scene.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not publicly commented on the reported attack on the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky‘s birthplace.
Mr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.
“Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine – together with its partners – must become stronger [the country’s] air defense,” he said.
In a video posted by Ukrainian emergency service DSNS, an injured woman can be seen being carried out of the wreckage on a stretcher.
Meanwhile, firefighters are seen battling fires in the area following the strike.
