A devastating Russian onslaught on the home city of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left at least 19 dead, including nine children, overnight Saturday.
Russia targeted the home city of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky overnight Saturday, in a ballistic missile strike that killed at least 19 people, including nine children — one of the deadliest attacks on the frontline metropolis since the war began.
A residential neighborhood was leveled during the onslaught on Kryvyi Rih, where at least 72 people were also injured, one of the youngest among them a 3-month-old baby, officials said.
“There were dead children lying there, crying parents — it was horrible,” a 47-year-old woman named Yulia told Reuters.
Zelensky remembered the youngest of the dead Saturday.
“Three-year-old Timofiy, unfortunately, died today in the hospital. Seven-year-old Radyslav. Arina, who will also be 7 forever. Nine-year-old German. Fifteen-year-old Danylo. Fifteen-year-old Nikita. Fifteen-year-old Alina. Konstantin, who will be 16 forever. Nikita is 17 years old,” he wrote Saturday on X of the youngest of the dead.
“There is simply no deeper level of cynicism, vileness, or hatred toward people than what Russia embodies today,” Zelensky added.
The Iskander-M — a short-range ballistic missile — also left a gaping crater in the city, damaged two dozen apartment buildings, six educational institutions, more than 30 cars, shops and a restaurant, Kryvyi Rih Gov.
