Children among 16 dead in Russian attack on Zelensky’s home city

Russian missile attacks against Ukraine Central Cryvyi RIH have been killed at least 16 people and dozens of injuries, Ukrainian officials said.

President VolodyMyr Zelensky, who grew up in Kryvyi Rih, said six people were dead. Urban defender Oleksandr Vilkul said ballistic missiles landed in residential areas.

The image showed that at least one victim was lying on the playground, and the video showed that the big part of the 10 -story apartment block was destroyed and the victim was lying on the road.

The Russian Defense Ministry insisted that the military aimed at a “foreign officer” meeting with the military unit and that up to 85 people died. It did not provide evidence.

Earlier on Friday evening, the attack was the most fatal in Crybi since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in 2022, and US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire.

Zelensky wrote about social media that at least five buildings were damaged in Friday strike. “There is only one reason for this. Russia does not want a ceasefire and we see it.”

Serhii Lysak Kryvyi Rih’s local leader said that more than 40 people were hurt and the youngest was only three months.

Military chiefs of the United Kingdom and France met Zelen Ski on Friday, and discussed plans to be stationed by foreign peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of potential ceasefire transactions.

But there were few signs of violence.

Kryvyi RIH was also attacked when the building of the center was hit earlier this week and four people died.

Early Friday, in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Russian drones insisted on five lives.

France and the United Kingdom have accused Russia that they are taking steps in the Ukrainian peace agreement. David Lammy, British Minister of Foreign Affairs [but] He continues to bomb Ukraine, a civilian population. “

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Russians knew the US position. “We will soon find out about whether they are serious about doing true peace or whether they are delayed,” he said.

Kryvyi RIH is about 40 km (70 km) at the forefront of the eastern Ukraine, and the 600,000 population is famous as the longest city in Europe.