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| Ukraine war: Nineteen dead as Russian missiles hit cities | |
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| Rescuers in Uman pulled casualties from the rubble during Friday morning | Rescuers in Uman pulled casualties from the rubble during Friday morning |
| A wave of Russian air strikes on cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, has left at least 19 people dead. | |
| Seventeen people including a child were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of Uman, officials said. | |
| And a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in the city of Dnipro, according to the local mayor. | And a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in the city of Dnipro, according to the local mayor. |
| The Russian defence ministry said its military had targeted Ukrainian army reserve units with the strikes. | |
| State-owned RIA news agency said Russia was aiming for the reserve units and used high-precision weapons on Friday. | |
| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the apartment block was among 10 residential buildings that were damaged in Uman. | |
| The state rescue service said the child killed in the city was born in 2013 and another 11 people needed hospital treatment. | |
| Mr Zelensky said the attacks showed further international action needed to be taken against Russia. | Mr Zelensky said the attacks showed further international action needed to be taken against Russia. |
| "Evil can be stopped by weapons - our defenders are doing it. And it can be stopped by sanctions - global sanctions must be enhanced," he said in a tweet. | "Evil can be stopped by weapons - our defenders are doing it. And it can be stopped by sanctions - global sanctions must be enhanced," he said in a tweet. |
| The head of the Kyiv city military administration said it was the first Russian missile attack on the capital in 51 days. | The head of the Kyiv city military administration said it was the first Russian missile attack on the capital in 51 days. |
| There are no immediate reports of civilian casualties in the capital. | There are no immediate reports of civilian casualties in the capital. |
| Twenty-one out of 23 missiles and two attack drones were shot down by Ukraine's air defence system, officials said in a post on the messaging service Telegram. | Twenty-one out of 23 missiles and two attack drones were shot down by Ukraine's air defence system, officials said in a post on the messaging service Telegram. |
| The Russian-installed mayor of Donetsk said seven people were killed in the separatist-run city when Ukrainian artillery shells hit a minibus. BBC News has been unable to immediately verify the claim. | |
| The video showed the immediate damage of the strike | The video showed the immediate damage of the strike |
| A video posted on Telegram by Ukraine's State Border Service showed a badly damaged apartment building in Uman after the strikes. | A video posted on Telegram by Ukraine's State Border Service showed a badly damaged apartment building in Uman after the strikes. |
| A resident of one damaged block of flats, Olga, told the Reuters news agency that windows were blown out of her apartment "then came the explosion". | A resident of one damaged block of flats, Olga, told the Reuters news agency that windows were blown out of her apartment "then came the explosion". |
| One man cried as he watched the emergency services carry a body away on a stretcher. | One man cried as he watched the emergency services carry a body away on a stretcher. |
| Another local resident said he heard an explosion at 04:30 local time (02:30 GMT), and "there were two very strong explosions, everything started to burn, cars started to burn." | Another local resident said he heard an explosion at 04:30 local time (02:30 GMT), and "there were two very strong explosions, everything started to burn, cars started to burn." |
| The attacks come as Ukrainian forces say they are ready to launch a military offensive with new equipment, including tanks, supplied by Western allies. | The attacks come as Ukrainian forces say they are ready to launch a military offensive with new equipment, including tanks, supplied by Western allies. |
| "As soon as there is God's will, the weather and a decision by commanders, we will do it," Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov told an online news briefing on Friday. | |
| Russia has struggled to make headway in a winter offensive including a 10-month battle for control of the strategically important city of Bakhmut. | Russia has struggled to make headway in a winter offensive including a 10-month battle for control of the strategically important city of Bakhmut. |
| The Russian defence ministry said on Friday its military had targeted Ukrainian army reserve units with long-range strikes using high-precision weapons, according to a report by the state-owned RIA news agency. | |
| Moscow has previously said it does not deliberately target civilians, but thousands have been injured and killed across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. | Moscow has previously said it does not deliberately target civilians, but thousands have been injured and killed across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. |
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| Russia-Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war |
| Ukraine | Ukraine |