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At least 25 killed in Russian strike on Ternopil

Russian strike on western Ukraine kills 25, including 3 children. Residential buildings in Ternopil destroyed, dozens injured. Rescue operation ongoing.


At least 25 killed in Russian strike on Ternopil

At least 25 people, including three children, died in a Russian missile attack on the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine during the night of Wednesday. Residential buildings suffered severe damage in the latest Russian air attack on Ukraine during the night of Wednesday. Emergency services reported that 73 people were injured, according to the latest update. It is unclear how many of them are minors, according to a report by Euronews. The rescue operation continued until noon on Wednesday, according to the Ukrainian Emergency Service, while more people remained trapped under the rubble. "Two nine-story residential buildings were damaged. One was set on fire, while the other was destroyed from the third to the ninth floor," the service said. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that the Russian attack affected "the civilian population." "The targets were not military positions, but civilians, apartment blocks and the common places where people live their lives," she said, as learned by the Argentine News Agency. A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yurii Ihnat, stated that, according to preliminary information, the residential buildings in Ternopil were hit by Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles. Ihnat explained that western Ukraine was hit by a combined attack that included several types of aerial weaponry, including "X-101 missiles, Kalibr missiles and a ballistic missile." Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Telegram that the attack, in which 470 combat drones and 48 cruise and ballistic missiles were used, targeted 10 regions of Ukraine, according to Xinhua news agency. In the eastern city of Kharkiv, 19 combat drones attacked two districts, injuring 46 people and damaging 40 residential buildings, an agricultural enterprise, shops and other facilities, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Ukraine's Ministry of Energy announced emergency power cuts in several regions following the attacks. Moscow has significantly intensified its air attacks on Ukraine in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and other civilian targets. In many Ukrainian cities, civilians have been forced to deal with more than 15 hours a day without electricity, facing an increasingly cold climate and the onset of winter.

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