Missiles strike Zelensky's home city

KYIV, August 2 ------ Russian missiles slammed into the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing at least two people and likely trapping others beneath the rubble, an official said.

Two missiles struck an apartment building, destroying a section of it between the fourth and ninth floors, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, and a university building. Ten people were wounded, he added.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's home city, Kryvyi Rih is in the Dnipropetrovsk region and has seldom been targeted by the Kremlin's forces since their invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022. But bombardment with missiles, artillery and drones has been a hallmark of Russia's tactics since the full-scale invasion started, with some aerial attacks hitting civilian areas. Russian officials insist they only take aim at legitimate military targets. That approach has continued during Kyiv's recently launched counteroffensive that is trying to drive Russian forces out of occupied areas.

Commenting on the attack, Zelensky said in a statement on social that, "in recent days, the enemy has been stubbornly attacking cities, city centers, shelling civilian objects and housing." "But this terror will not frighten us or break us," he said in a social media statement.

Ukraine, meanwhile, has sought to take the war deep into Russia, reportedly using drones to hit targets as far away as Moscow. The latest strike, on Sunday, damaged two office buildings a few miles (kilometers) from the Kremlin. One drone was shot down on the Russian capital's outskirts and two others were "suppressed by electronic warfare" and smashed into an office complex, Moscow's Defense Ministry said, adding that there were no injuries. Moscow and its environs, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the Ukrainian border, had rarely been targeted during war until several drone attacks this year.

Source: manilatimes.net