NNA -nbsp;A Russian missile strike killed three people and wounded 32 in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, authorities said, as air attacks were reported in Kyiv and other cities.
In Kryvyi Rih, the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a five-storey building was destroyed, said the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region that includes the city.
quot;According to initial reports, three of its residents died. 25 people were injured,quot; Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram. quot;There are still people under the rubble.quot;
Lysak said three cruise missiles were shot down but others got through.
Air raid alerts were sounded across Ukraine as the capital Kyiv and the northeast city of Kharkiv also came under missile and drone attacks.
quot;According to initial reports, the enemy used Kh-101/555 cruise missiles,quot; the Kyiv city military administration said.
quot;All enemy targets in the airspace around Kyiv were detected and successfully destroyed by the forces and means of air defence,quot; it said, adding there was no immediate information on any casualties or damage.
The fresh wave of air attacks came after Ukraine claimed to have retaken several villages and made advances in its counter-offensive against Russian forces.
quot;More terrorist missiles, Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded,quot; Zelensky said on Twitter.
quot;The rescue operation in Kryvyi Rih continues.quot;
In Kharkiv, civilian infrastructure was hit in a drone attack, said the city#39;s mayor Ihor Terekhov.
quot;According to initial reports, a utility company in the Kyivskyi district, as well as a warehouse in Saltivskyi district got damaged. A fire broke out as a result of the explosion on the latter,quot; he said.
Air alerts were also sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast and the neighbouring Donetsk and Poltava regions.–AFP
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