Russian strikes on Ukraine kill two, officials say, a day after deadly attack on mall
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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill two, officials say, a day after deadly attack on mall - Published At least two people have been killed in Ukraine by Russian strikes while nine people remain missing a day after a double-tap attack on a shopping centre that killed 16. Local authorities said one person was killed in a warehouse fire in Kyiv after an alert for a ballistic missile while another was killed in a drone strike on Zaporizhzhia in the early hours of Saturday. The Russian defence ministry said it launched massive strikes targeting transport infrastructure and warehouses. The attacks follow a deadly Russian double-tap drone strike on a busy mall in Kryvyi Rih on Friday that President Volodymyr Zelensky called "absolutely cynical and despicable". Zelensky said the daytime attack in his home town was carried out in "two waves", with the second strike targeting emergency workers. Dramatic footage verified by the BBC shows the second drone hitting the already burning shopping centre in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Russia's military has not commented. Another 130 people - including 23 children - were injured in the attack on city's biggest mall. More people are also reported to be trapped in the rubble. Early on Saturday Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said the death toll had reached 16 after another body was retrieved from the rubble. There are still nine people – including two children – reportedly missing in the shopping centre, Hanzha said on Telegram. Earlier on Friday, Hanzha said that of the 130 people injured, 29 were in a serious condition. There are fears the death toll could rise further. Rescue teams from four other Ukrainian regions are being urgently deployed to help search for survivors. Kryvyi Rih Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said the Russian drones were flying at "extremely low altitudes", describing the attackers as "animals". "There are missing people who are not responding to calls," the mayor added. In Kyiv, the city's military administration said a fire had broke out in a warehouse in the capital's Darnytskyi district early on Saturday. "According to preliminary information, unfortunately, there is one person dead and several injured," the administration said on Telegram. In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a Russian drone strike had killed at least one man and injured four people, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of the regional military administration. Four people - including three children - were killed in separate Russian attacks in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region on Friday, and another two in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, local officials said. And on Thursday 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a major Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Earlier on Friday, Ukraine's military said it carried out strikes on an oil refinery and a military airfield deep inside Russia. Ukraine has in recent months intensified attacks on Russian energy facilities, as well as on warehouses of the country's largest online retailer Wildberries. Kyiv describes them as legitimate targets because they help finance Russia's war. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and currently Moscow controls about a fifth of Ukrainian territory in the south-east. Related topics - Published3 days ago - Published2 days ago
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