6 h. ago ‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile

Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground

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21 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Macron urges strong action against Russia if it continues to ‘refuse peace’

French president speaks after missile attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town that killed 20, including nine children. What we know on day 1,139See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageFrench president Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for “strong action” if Russia continued “to refuse peace”, days after a Russian ballistic missile killed 20 people, including nine children, in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town. Despite US and European efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, Russia continued “to murder children and civilians”, Macron said. “My thoughts are with the children and all civilian victims of the bloody attacks carried out by Russia, including on 4 April in Kryvyi Rih,” Macron said on X. “A ceasefire is needed as soon as possible. And strong action if Russia continues to try to buy time and refuse peace.” Macron said that even though Ukraine accepted US president Donald Trump’s proposal for a complete ceasefire and European countries were also working to secure peace, “Russia is co...

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35 h. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Zelensky calls on West to step up pressure on Putin after deadly Kyiv strike

Early morning major Russian missiles attack sparks explosions in Kyiv, injuring three and killing one

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36 h. ago 1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 19

One person was killed as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Sunday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said

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55 h. ago Zelensky blasts US official reaction to Putin strike on his home city as Russian missiles and drones kill 19 including nine children

The death toll from Friday's attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih included nine children.

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58 h. ago Eighteen people killed in Russian missile strike on Zelenskyy’s home city

Missile attack on Kryvyi Rih left 61 injured including three-month-old baby and elderly residentsEighteen people, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, a Ukrainian official said.A further 61 people were injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih on Friday, including a three-month-old baby and elderly residents, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak, said. Forty remain in hospital, including two children in critical condition and 17 in a serious condition. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Boy, 3, who 'loved rockets' killed in Vladimir Putin's horror missile strike on Ukraine playground

Timofiy, three, was among 19 killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, the home city of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, which also injured another 61

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67 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack in Zelenskyy’s home town kills 18

Nine children among the dead in strike on Kryvyi Rih residential area as Kyiv says Moscow’s claim it targeted military gathering is false. What we know on day 1,137See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said – one of Moscow’s deadliest attacks this year in the war. The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, the regional governor said on Telegram. More than 30 people, including a three-month-old baby, were in hospital, Serhiy Lysak said. At least 50 people were wounded, the emergency services said, adding that the figure was growing. Zelenskyy said rescue efforts were still under way and called on the west to exert greater pressure on Moscow. “All Russian promises end with missiles, drones, bombs or artillery,” he said in his nightly video address. “Diplomacy mea...

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3 d. ago Volodymyr Zelensky's rage as Russian missile strike kills 14 people including children and injures more than 50 in his own home city

A Russian ballistic missile struck a residential area near a children's playground in Volodymyr Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rig.

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last month At least 14 killed, including children, in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine

Another three civilians died in a separate drone attack on the Kharkiv region

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