Nine Killed in Russian Strikes on Ukraine
Nine people, three of which are children, were killed and more than dozen injured by an overnight Russian strike on the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv downed a Russian bomber that used to fire cruise missiles at Ukraine, according to The Moscow Times.
“Strikes targeted the region’s Synelnykivsky area and the regional capital of Dnipro,” the interior ministry said.
“Unfortunately, the number of victims is expected to rise. The rubble of the damaged buildings is being cleared,” Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a post on Telegram.
Moscow said that a military plane, suffering from technical malfunction, crashed over the southern Stavropol region on its way back from a combat mission, leaving at least one member of the crew dead. Two crew members are at a local medical center.
“The search for the fourth pilot is continuing,” Stavropol Governor Vladimir Vladimirov added.
Shooting down the Russian bomber is a significant symbolic win for Ukraine.
Following the strike, President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated calls for western allies to supply Ukraine’s air defense systems.
“Every country that provides air defense systems to Ukraine, every leader who helps persuade our partners that air defense systems should not be stored in warehouses but deployed in real cities and communities facing terror, and everyone who supports our defence is a life saver,” Zelensky said on social media.
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