a Russian strike leaves at least eight dead and twenty-one injured in the south of the country

At least eight people were killed and 21 others injured in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rig, announced on Telegram the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Wednesday June 12. “Four other people are missing”he added. “All necessary services work on site”, declared Volodymyr Zelensky, himself from this city in the south of the country, a little earlier on Telegram. He posted a video taken by rescuers at the scene, showing them searching the still-smoldering debris of a building for survivors.

The president once again called on Ukraine’s Western allies to deliver new anti-aircraft defense systems to ward off Russian attacks. “Modern air defense systems can provide maximum protection for people, our cities and our positions. We need it as much as possible.”, insisted Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president insisted on this request on Tuesday, during a trip to Berlin.

Ukraine was targeted overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday by a new barrage of Russian missiles and drones, which notably targeted the capital kyiv. Almost all of them were intercepted by air defense, according to the authorities.