< p>A Russian missile hit Kryvyi Rih today – the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The attack was carried out as the city marked a day of mourning for the victims of yesterday's attack, in which four civilians were killed in a stricken hotel, the Associated Press reported, citing local authorities, BTA writes.
During another attack on the city, civilian infrastructure was affected and eight people were injured, the head of the local administration Oleksandr Vilkul wrote on social networks.
Yesterday's attack, in which five people were injured, was part of an attack by dozens of drones and missiles that Russia carried out for the second day in a row against Ukraine.
„When Crooked Horn is in mourning, the enemy attacks again. And again, it is aimed at civilians”, regional governor Sergiy Lisak said today.
On Monday, Russia stepped up its attacks on Ukraine and fired more than 100 missiles and about 100 more drones in one of the heaviest strikes in weeks.
The increased airstrikes coincided with what could prove to be a turning point in the war launched by Russia on February 24, 2022.
Russian forces continue to advance in Ukraine's partially occupied Donetsk region, the full conquest of which is one of the Kremlin's main ambitions. The Russian army is approaching Pokrovsk – a key center for Ukrainian logistics in the region.
Meanwhile, in recent weeks Ukrainian forces have entered Russia's Kursk region, the largest incursion into Russian territory since World War II. This move is somewhat an attempt by Ukraine to force Russian troops to retreat from the Donetsk front.
Today rescuers found the last body of a victim in the stricken hotel in Kryvyi Rih, ending the rescue operation.
Ukraine said its air defenses shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet. in the Donetsk region. The country also continued its long-range attacks on Russia's rear logistics areas.
Ukraine's military intelligence has claimed responsibility for attacks on fuel depots in Russia's Rostov and Kirov regions, with the governor of Kirov region saying three Ukrainian drones have crashed near a fuel depot there. This is the first Ukrainian attack against the district, which is located about 950 kilometers northeast of the Ukrainian border.