Ukraine war: Russian strike on Zelensky's home city kills six

At slightest six people, including a 10-year-old miss and her mother, person been killed by a Russian rocket onslaught connected the Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih.

Officials said 75 others, including 25 children, were injured erstwhile missiles slammed into a residential high-rise gathering aboriginal connected Monday.

Regional politician Serhiy Lysak declared a time of mourning for those lost.

The location metropolis of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Kryvyi Rih has been a accordant people for Russian strikes.

In June, 11 radical died and 28 others were injured successful the metropolis aft Russia launched a "massive rocket attack" connected civilian buildings.

The latest onslaught saw dozens of radical hospitalised, including children aged from 4 to 17-years-old.

President Zelensky, who grew up successful the metropolis of 600,000 people, said a brace of missiles smashed into the residential flat artifact and a assemblage gathering aboriginal connected Monday morning.

Locals told the Reuters quality bureau that the onslaught took spot soon aft 09:00 section clip (07:00 GMT).

A video posted by President Zelensky showed that overmuch of the high-rise gathering had been wholly demolished by the strike, with a ample scar moving up the structure. But officials said astir 150 radical managed to flight the blast unharmed.

Writing connected Telegram, the Ukrainian person said much than 350 radical were progressive successful rescue operations and Mr Lysak said aboriginal that different 30 radical were rescued from the gathering by the exigency workers.

President Zelensky added that "dozens of people" had been near traumatised and injured by the attack, but vowed that "this panic volition not frighten america oregon interruption us".

In caller weeks, Russia has again been stepping up attacks connected civilian targets, and Mykhailo Podolyak - a apical advisor to Mr Zelensky - accused Moscow of launching "genocidal" attacks connected Ukrainians.

"International instrumentality volition ne'er enactment if the aggressor does not spot a existent powerfulness down it. The powerfulness begins with closing the Ukrainian skies with rocket defence and aerial defence systems," helium wrote connected Twitter.

Moscow has consistently denied that it seeks retired civilian targets. But Western leaders, including US President Joe Biden, person accused Russia of often bombarding areas with "no subject purpose".

Earlier this month, the UN said determination person been immoderate 25,671 civilian casualties since Russian launched its penetration of Ukraine past year, but the existent fig is apt to beryllium acold higher.

There volition beryllium nary forgiveness! Never!" Mr Lysak wrote successful a Telegram station connected Monday. Russia would pay, helium said, for "every guiltless idiosyncratic killed" and "the suffering of our people".

Elsewhere, a 60-year-old inferior idiosyncratic was killed successful the confederate metropolis of Kherson successful an aboriginal greeting rocket attack, the determination subject medication said. Four others were wounded successful the blast.

And a drone onslaught has been reported successful Russia's borderline portion of Bryansk - with Governor Alexander Bogomaz saying a constabulary presumption was hit.

On Saturday, Russian officials said 3 Ukrainian drones were downed successful Moscow - the latest successful a bid of drone assaults connected the Russian capital.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin blamed Ukraine for the attack, successful which 2 bureau blocks were damaged, though determination were nary casualties.

President Zelensky warned that warfare was coming backmost to Russia, and that attacks connected Russian territory were an "inevitable, earthy and perfectly just process" of the warfare betwixt the 2 countries.