Russian strike kills 18 in Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's home city
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Russian missile strike kills 18, including 9 children, in Kryvyi Rig; Zelenskyy accuses Russia of rejecting ceasefire.
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's home city of Kryvyi Rig killed 18 people, among them nine children, authorities said.
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Sixty-one people were injured, the Dnipropetrovsk Rregional Governor Sergiy Lysak said Saturday (April 5, 2025) after emergency operations were completed overnight.
The missile struck a residential area near a children's playground on Friday (April 4), according to Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Kryvyi Rig's military administration.
Unverified videos on social media appeared to show bodies lying on a street, while another showed a plume of smoke rising into the evening sky.
Social media video from the scene showed a car in flames, while people could be heard shouting.
"18... that is how many people were killed by the Russians when they launched a missile at Kryvyi Rig. Among them were nine children," Lysak said on Telegram.
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