Ukraine says Russia kills 19 in Kryvyi Rih, Moscow says it was targeting military

A Russian attack killed at least 19 people including nine children in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said, but Russia’s Defense Ministry said it targeted a military gathering there.

A Russian attack killed at least 19 people including nine children in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said, but Russia’s Defense Ministry said it targeted a military gathering there.

The Ukrainian military denounced the Russian statement as misinformation.

Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that a missile hit residential areas, killing 18, and sparked fires. Later, Russian drones attacked homes and killed one person, Oleksandr Vilkul, the city’s military administrator, said.

Pictures posted online showed bodies of the dead and wounded lying on the pavement as grey smoke rose into the sky.

Policemen and rescuers at a playground in Kryvyi Rih on Friday, in a handout photograph from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. (Photo by State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images) AFP - Getty ImagesRussia’s Defense Ministry, in a post on Telegram, said a “high-precision strike” had targeted “a meeting of unit commanders and Western instructors” in a restaurant.

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