Russian drones struck a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 130, including 22 children. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a second drone hit the site half an hour after the first in a deliberate strike on emergency responders, and he vowed a response.
Russian drones hit a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 130, authorities said. Kryvyi Rih is President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said 22 children were among the wounded in the daytime attack. According to Reuters: "Attacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts," Zelenskiy said on Telegram, urging the world to hold Russia to account.
Rescuers still clearing rubble
Hanzha said 29 people were in serious condition, including five children. In an update early on Saturday, he said nine people were preliminarily considered missing, including two children, and that rescuers were continuing to clear the rubble of the shopping centre.
Zelenskiy called the attack absolutely cynical and despicable. He said a second Russian drone hit the shopping centre half an hour after the first, which he described as a deliberate attempt to target emergency services.
In a separate attack on Friday, at least four people, including three children, were killed and a woman was wounded after a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's southern region of Mykolaiv, Ukrainian state media said.
Air war escalates as ground fighting drags on
Russia is escalating its air war on Ukraine as fighting on the battlefield grinds toward the four-and-a-half-year mark. On Thursday, 17 people were killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv.
Ukraine has also stepped up its own attacks on Russia, targeting oil facilities and logistics infrastructure to undermine Moscow's ability to wage war.
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