A Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine killed a 47-year-old woman and injured at least nine others, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak reported on Wednesday.
The Russian missile attack also damaged an infrastructure facility, high-rise apartment buildings, administrative buildings, a shop and an educational facility in central Ukraine, he added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town, has been a frequent target since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
The overnight attack followed U.S.-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia where Kyiv said it was ready to support.
30-Day Ceasefire Plan
Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had agreed to a 30-day ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., on the condition that Russia also accepts the proposal.
The ceasefire plan, negotiated in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, involves the U.S. immediately resuming intelligence sharing and security assistance to Ukraine, which has been under Russian invasion for over three years.
The U.S. had previously paused such assistance but lifted the suspension as part of the peace initiative.
Ball In Russia’s Court
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would now take the offer to Russia, and the ball is in Moscow’s court.
The air force said Russia used three missiles to attack Kryvyi Rih and the Black Sea port of Odesa, in addition to sending 133 drones to attack the country overnight.
In Odesa, the missile strike on port infrastructure killed four Syrians and wounded a Ukrainian and a Syrian citizen, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.
The attack damaged the Barbados-flagged “MJ PINA” vessel that was loading wheat for export to Algeria, according to Kuleba, as well as another vessel and grain storage facilities.
Lysak said the overnight attack on the city of Dnipro also wounded one person and damaged infrastructure, enterprises and around 10 private homes, causing fires which have mostly been put out.
(With inputs from Reuters)
