At least nine people have been killed and 29 injured in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s southern city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials say.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office says five children are among the injured after a residential building was hit on Wednesday. Earlier, four people were reported missing.
Emergency services, police and volunteers are now combing through the wreckage. Search dogs have been brought to the scene.
Russia’s defence ministry has not publicly commented on the reported strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown.
Mr Zelensky has expressed his condolences to the victims’ relatives and friends.
“Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine – together with its partners – must strengthen [the country’s] air defence,” he said.
