KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine, June 13 (Reuters) – Russia launched a “massive missile” attack in a single day on the central Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, killing at least three folks and wounding 25 and damaging civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian officers mentioned early on Tuesday.
Rescue operations had been underway in a burning five-storey condo constructing and in a destroyed warehouse, Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk area the place Kryvyi Rih is situated mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
“There are still people under the rubble of a building. There was a fire there,” Lysak mentioned, giving the preliminary casualty figures, and posting {a photograph} of the condo block with smoke pouring out of a number of the blown out home windows.
City mayor Oleksandr Vilkul mentioned at least seven folks had been believed to be trapped below the rubble, with out offering extra particulars. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the report.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who was born in Kryvyi Rih, additionally condemned the attack on his hometown.
“Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people,” he mentioned on Telegram messaging app.
During the early hours of Tuesday, air raid sirens blared throughout the entire of Ukraine, with Kyiv’s navy officers saying air defence forces destroyed all Russian missiles focusing on the Ukrainian capital.
Ukraine’s prime navy command mentioned that air forces destroyed 10 out of 14 cruise missiles Russia launched on Ukraine and one of many 4 Iranian-made drones.
It was not instantly clear what number of missiles hit Kryvyi Rih and the place the Russia-launched drones struck their targets.
There was no quick remark from Russia in regards to the reported strikes. Both Russia and Ukraine deny focusing on civilians in the conflict which Russia launched on its neighbour almost 16 months in the past.
The mayor of town of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s east mentioned on his Telegram channel that Russian drones hit civilian infrastructure there, putting a warehouse and a utility agency’s constructing. There was no quick details about casualties.
Reporting by Valentyn Origenko, Serhiy Karazy and Lidia Kelly;Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne and Aleksandar Vasovic in Belgrade; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore
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