1 Killed in Kyiv Strike as Kryvyi Rih Toll Rises to 20
Russian airstrikes in Kyiv killed one person on Sunday, while a Friday missile strike in Kryvyi Rih raised the death toll to 20, including nine children. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and local officials condemned the attacks amid heightened missile and drone activity over the past week.
Published on April 7, 2025
On Sunday, a Russian airstrike in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district killed one person and injured three others. The attack sparked several fires and caused damage to nonresidential areas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the international community for not pressuring Russia enough, noting that over the past week, more than 1,460 aerial bombs, 670 drones, and 30 missiles had been launched on Ukraine. (Reuters, 2025-04-06)
Meanwhile, the death toll from a missile strike in Kryvyi Rih on Friday increased to 20, including nine children, with over 75 injured. Ukrainian officials declared three days of mourning in Kryvyi Rih, condemning the incident as particularly devastating for children. Russian claims that the missile strike had targeted a meeting site of Ukrainian and Western military officers remain unverified. Additional assaults included a drone strike in Kherson that killed a 59-year-old, as Ukrainian defenses intercepted multiple drones targeting Russian regions.