Four Ukrainian regions come under missile attack, official says
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at an industrial area after a missile attack on Sept. 21, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Four regions in Ukraine have come under attack Monday morning, leaving two civilians dead, the country’s interior minister said.
“This morning, the Russian occupiers attacked 4 regions of Ukraine with missiles. One person died, there are victims,” Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.
Klymenko said rescuers and police were working at six locations in the southern Zaporizhzhia region after missiles hit residential areas. According to operational information, three people were injured, he said.
In Novomoskovsk in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 20 people, including four children, were injured in strikes while one person died when a house was destroyed in the Kryvorizkyy district. “A private house was also destroyed in Kryvyi Rih – three people may be under the rubble. The shopping and entertainment centre was also destroyed,” Klymenko said.
The city of Kharkiv region was attacked at least four times, the official said, damaging a business and educational institution and injuring one person.
Several explosions were heard in the Khmelnytskyi region, Klymenko added, with rescue workers and police officers working at the scene of the attacks. “We are clarifying information about the victims,” he said. CNBC was unable to verify the information in Klymenko’s comments.
The latest attacks come after an intensification of Russian strikes around the new year period. A spokesperson for Ukraine’s armed forces said Monday that Russian forces had launched about 125 missile attacks and more than 400 airstrikes targeting Ukraine over the last week, news outlet Ukrinform reported.
— Holly Ellyatt
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