Air raid alerts were activated all over Ukraine in the early hours on June 13. russia committed next massive combined attack on Ukraine using missiles and kamikaze drones.
The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces that 10 out of the 14 cruise missiles russia launched on the country were destroyed, as well as one of the four Iranian-made drones.
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The central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih was hit hardest by russian terrorists overnight. There are killed and wounded people as well as damaged civilian infrastructure.
russian airstrikes hit several civilian structures in the city, including a five-storey building, said the mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, adding “likely, there are people under the rubble”.
The governor posted a photograph of a five-storey apartment block with all windows blown out and smoke coming out of the building.
According to an update posted by the chief of the regional administration, Serhiy Lysak, At least three civilians were killed and another 25 were injured.
“Attack on Kryvyi Rih. Three cruise missiles were shot down by Air Command "Skhid". But we also have "arrivals". Civilian objects were damaged. As per tentative reports, three of the residents of a five-storey apartment block were killed and 25 people were injured, 19 of which are now in hospital,” the update reads.
As of the time, Emergency services are working. The consequences of this cynical attack are being clarified.
"More terrorist missiles, russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded," President Volodymyr Zelensky said following the attack, adding that the rescue operation in Kryvyi Rih - his hometown - continues.
"My condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones! Terrorists will never be forgiven, and they will be held accountable for every missile they launch," Zelensky concluded.
The enemy will not leave Nikopol in peace either. At night, heavy artillery shelled the Pokrovsk and Marhanets communities. The territory is being examined.
At the same time, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram, that russians employed Kh-101/555 cruise missiles in their attack on Kyiv. According to the report? all of the missiles were downed by Ukraine’s air defense systems.
In his turn the mayor of Kharkiv said that russian drones hit civilian infrastructure there, striking a warehouse and a utility firm’s building. "According to tentative reports, in one case, a utility enterprise in the Kyivskyi district was affected, and in another case, a warehouse in the Saltivskyi district, where a fire broke out as a result of an explosion," Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported this on Telegram. There was no immediate information about casualties.
Russian terrorists attack the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine without being able to counter the Ukrainian offensive with the aim of liberating the country's territory from the occupiers, which is ongoing.
As Defense Express reported, Defense Forces of Ukraine Regained Control Over 90 Square Kilometers Territory, Liberated Seven Settlements Over Past Week while Main Ukrainian Strike is Still Ahead, Heavy Brigades Haven't Entered Combat Yet.
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