On this photograph offered by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency companies personnel work to extinguish a fireplace following a Russian missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 6, 2025.
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KYIV, Ukraine — One individual was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, whereas the demise toll from Friday’s lethal assault on the central Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise.
The Kyiv sufferer was discovered near the strike’s epicenter of the assault within the metropolis’s Darnytskyi district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated. An extra three folks have been injured within the strike, which noticed fires escape in a number of nonresidential areas, damaging automobiles and buildings.
In an announcement on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the intensifying Russian assaults confirmed that there’s nonetheless inadequate worldwide strain on Moscow.
He stated Russia has launched greater than 1,460 guided aerial bombs, practically 670 assault drones and greater than 30 missiles at Ukraine prior to now week alone.
“These attacks are (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s response to all international diplomatic efforts. Each of our partners — the United States, all of Europe, the entire world — has seen that Russia intends to continue the war and the killing,” Zelenskyy stated.
“That is why there can be no easing of pressure. All efforts must be aimed at guaranteeing security and bringing peace closer.”
In the meantime, officers stated that the demise toll from Friday’s assault on the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih had continued to develop, with 19 useless — together with many youngsters — and an extra 75 wounded.
Oleksandr Vilkul, head of Kryvyi Rih’s navy administration, declared three days of mourning for the assault, beginning on April 7. He stated that there was “pain in the hearts of millions of people”.
“Together we will stand. And no matter how difficult it is, we will win,” he stated. “The enemy will be punished for every Ukrainian and for every mother’s tear.”
Native authorities stated the Kryvyi Rih strike broken 44 condominium buildings and 23 non-public homes.
The Russian Protection Ministry claimed Friday that it had carried out a high-precision missile strike with a excessive explosive warhead on a restaurant the place a gathering with unit commanders and Western instructors was going down.
Russian navy claimed that the strike killed 85 navy personnel and international officers and destroyed 20 autos. The navy’s claims couldn’t be independently verified. The Ukrainian Common Employees rejected the claims.
Elsewhere, Russian troops fired 23 missiles and 109 strike and decoy drones throughout Ukraine in a single day, the Ukrainian air power stated Sunday. 13 missiles and 40 drones have been shot down, whereas 53 decoy drones have been jammed and didn’t attain their locations, it stated.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated that its air defenses had destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones, together with eight over the Rostov area and two over the Kursk area.
