10 dead as Russia, Ukraine trade fresh strikes after deadly shopping centre attack
Russia and Ukraine have engaged in a series of deadly missile and drone strikes, resulting in significant casualties on both sides. The escalation includes a major attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih and retaliatory strikes on infrastructure and regional targets.
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The ongoing conflict continues to cause severe humanitarian crises and geopolitical instability, with recent 'double-tap' tactics marking a dangerous escalation in warfare.
At least seven people were killed in fresh Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, while three people died in a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s Krasnodar region.The latest strikes came a day after a Russian attack on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih killed at least 16 people, according to Ukrainian authorities.In Kyiv, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one person was killed and another wounded overnight when ballistic missiles struck railway infrastructure. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had targeted a locomotive depot.In a separate Russian ballistic missile strike on the Kyiv region, which surrounds the capital, two people were killed on Saturday afternoon, local authorities said.Russian drone strikes also killed one person overnight in the Zaporizhzhia region, officials said.
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