Russian forces launched at least 60 missiles across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, reporting explosions in at least four cities, including Kyiv.
At least two people were killed by a strike on a residential building in central Ukraine, where a hunt was on for survivors.
Ihnat said Russian forces had fired cruise missiles from positions in the Black Sea, and used bomber aircraft as part of an effort to “massively distract the attention of the anti-aircraft defense, keeping it in tension.” Another commander, a military post chief named “Yevhen,” said the machine gunner who intercepted the missile. “reacted quickly” and fired, and green sparks flew from the rocket as it began to spin and tumble to the ground.
In Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, a missile slammed into a four-story residential building and left a gaping hole in its upper floors, with rubble spilling onto the ground. Two people were killed and at least eight others were injured, including three children, regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said.Rescue teams were combining through the debris in a hunt for survivors or other victims.
“The attack on the capital continues,” he wrote on the social media app. Subway services in the capital were suspended, he said, as city residents flocked inside its tunnels to seek shelter.
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