[News] Ukraine war: 25 dead as Russian missiles hit cities

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A wave of Russian air strikes on cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, has left at least 25 people dead.

23 people - including four children - were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of Uman, officials said.

And a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in the city of Dnipro, according to the local mayor.

The Russian defence ministry said its military had targeted Ukrainian army reserve units with the strikes.

State-owned RIA news agency said Russia was aiming for the reserve units and used high-precision weapons on Friday.

In Uman, a town that has been largely spared Russian attack, a nine-storey apartment building partially collapsed after it was hit by a missile.

Oleksander, a 35-year-old resident of the block hit in Uman, said he had been woken up after he heard a powerful explosion.

"I couldn't understand what was happening. I went to the balcony and saw glass everywhere. It was horrible," he told the BBC.

"Russia is a terrorist state. You can see, there's no military object here. And it happened at four o'clock in the morning, as people were sleeping".

Another resident, 60-year-old Vanda, said she heard an explosion and "everything shook".

"We tried to find ways to leave the building. I heard a voice of a child who was screaming in the flat next to ours. We wanted to help other people. There was smoke and fire everywhere," she said.

"Peaceful people were just sleeping."

More than 10 hours after the attack, rescuers were still working at the site while residents tried to retrieve some of their belongings. In nearby buildings, some residents were already fixing broken windows.

 

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65421341