Almost all of the deaths are said to have happened when two missiles hit an apartment building in central Ukraine
In the southeastern city of Dnipro, a two-year-old and a 31-year-old woman died after a missile crashed through the window of an apartment.
He was rescued by firefighters from the balcony where he escaped with his wife after the explosion blocked their front door. “An elderly woman, her daughter and two grandchildren lived on the ninth floor. They are gone. A man with his son lived on the eighth floor. They are gone. A woman with her daughter lived on the seventh floor. They are gone. A young family lived on the sixth floor, their son was lucky … he is alive.”
Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on Friday, Ukrainian officials said. The capital Kyiv was also rocked by explosions in the early hours, as were the central cities of Kremenchuk and Poltava, and Mykolaiv in the south.The war is coming to a crucial juncture after a months-long Russian winter offensive that gained little ground despite the bloodiest fighting so far.using hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles sent by the West.It aims to drive Russia out of the nearly one fifth of Ukraine that it occupies and claims to have annexed.
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