According to local media, air raid alerts were sounded across Ukraine in the early hours of the morning. Some civilian buildings in downtown Kryvyi Rih became the target of Russian attacks overnight, Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said. The bombing of the city also hit a five-story building, killing at least six and injuring scores. “There are people who have been injured in extremely serious conditions,” Vilkul said on his Telegram profile, adding that “there are probably people lying under the rubble, too.”
Ukraine: Russian bombs on Kryvyi Rih, dead and injured
According to Mayor Vilkul, Russian forces fired six rockets at the city of Kryvyi Rih last night, out of a total of 14 fired at Ukraine. This was reported by Rbc-Ukraine. A five-story apartment building and a grocery store were hit in the attack. Ten of the 25 injured are serious and three others are in critical condition.
At least three dead after rocket attack on Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine
Videos posted on social media show the affected apartment building fully engulfed in flames. “The total area of the fire was 700 square meters,” Vilkul added, noting that “at 6:22 a.m. (5:22 a.m. in Italy) the fire was contained. Now the rubble will be cleared and the fire extinguished.” . According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the country’s air defense forces shot down ten of the 14 rockets fired by the Russians into Ukraine last night.
Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has been a frequent target of Russian drone and missile attacks since the beginning of the Moscow War. The President of Ukraine: “More terrorist missiles, Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, normal cities and people. My dears! The terrorists will never be forgiven and held accountable for every missile they fire.”We’re gaining ground, we’re asserting and strengthening our operational dominance. “We are strengthening our control in the Bakhmut region,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky said in a video message.
In particular, the Ukrainian General Staff announced that the army was successfully advancing in three areas at once: Bakhmut, Toretsk and Berdyansk. Seven settlements were liberated, reports RBC-Ukraine. In particular, the villages of Lobkovo, Levadne, Novadarovka (in the Zaporizhia region) and Neskuchnoye, Storozhevoye, Makarovka, Blagodatnoye (in the Donetsk region) have come under Ukrainian control again, said General Staff Spokesman Andriy Kovalyov.
Last night, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 10 missiles and a drone launched by the Russians over Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces in Kyiv said, as reported by Ukrinform.
ANSA agency
The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes a video of the vehicles (ANSA)
Bombs hit two Russian villages in a border district
The Ukrainian army shelled the villages of Tetkino and Glushkovo in the Glushkovsky border district of Russia’s Kursk region, the region’s governor Roman Starovoit reported on Telegram. “Ten residential buildings were damaged, one of which suffered significant destruction and two caught fire. A shell hit a cinema. The gas and electricity supply was cut off. There are no casualties,” Starovoit said
Fire in a Russian refinery
Meanwhile, a fire broke out this morning at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Krasnodar in the south of the country, according to the regional directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as reported by Ria Novosti. The flames spread over an area of 20 square meters and the situation is now under control. There are currently no reports of any victims, the broadcaster Shot writes, and it is unclear what caused the fire. Images released on social media show a large column of black smoke hanging over the site.