Ukraine says 10 killed in Dnipro as Russia attacks civilians with counteroffensive pushing forward

Dnipro, Ukraine — Russian missiles and drones once again targeted cities in Ukraine overnight, with at least 10 people killed and dozens injured in an attack on the central city of Kryvvi Rih — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown — according to its mayor. Ukraine accuses Russia of deliberately targeting civilians to distract from the gains being made by Ukrainian forces as they push a counteroffensive on the front lines.

Russian missiles and drones rained down on the town, with one rocket hitting an apartment building as people slept. Firefighters battled the blaze into Tuesday morning, but the work soon turned to the grim task of searching for the missing and the dead.