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| Western military instructors targeted in Krivoy Rog strike – Moscow | |
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| The Defense Ministry has commented on Friday’s attack on the eastern Ukrainian city | |
| Russia has said that it carried out a missile strike on military personnel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog on Friday evening. | Russia has said that it carried out a missile strike on military personnel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog on Friday evening. |
| According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its target was “a meeting place of commanders of military units and Western instructors in one of the restaurants.” | According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its target was “a meeting place of commanders of military units and Western instructors in one of the restaurants.” |
| Up to 85 Ukrainian and foreign soldiers and officers were killed, and up to 20 vehicles were damaged, the MOD said. | Up to 85 Ukrainian and foreign soldiers and officers were killed, and up to 20 vehicles were damaged, the MOD said. |
| Ukrainian officials reported that the missile struck a residential area, damaging several apartment blocks. Aleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Krivoy Rog defense council, said that 18 civilians were killed, including nine children, and 56 people were wounded. | Ukrainian officials reported that the missile struck a residential area, damaging several apartment blocks. Aleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Krivoy Rog defense council, said that 18 civilians were killed, including nine children, and 56 people were wounded. |
| Dmitry Lubinets, Ukraine’s top human rights official, denied that there was a military site in the area. | Dmitry Lubinets, Ukraine’s top human rights official, denied that there was a military site in the area. |
| Russia has maintained that it only strikes military targets. Between March 29 and April 4, Moscow conducted seven “group strikes” on command centers, military airfields, weapons factories, and ammunition depots, the MOD said. | Russia has maintained that it only strikes military targets. Between March 29 and April 4, Moscow conducted seven “group strikes” on command centers, military airfields, weapons factories, and ammunition depots, the MOD said. |
| The ministry added that Ukraine had carried out six attacks on “elements of Russia’s energy infrastructure” over the last 24 hours, in violation of the moratorium brokered by the US last month. | The ministry added that Ukraine had carried out six attacks on “elements of Russia’s energy infrastructure” over the last 24 hours, in violation of the moratorium brokered by the US last month. |
| Ukrainian troops continued to shell civilian targets on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others, Russian officials said. | Ukrainian troops continued to shell civilian targets on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others, Russian officials said. |