Regional governor Serhiy Lysak said four were killed in the
apartment block and six in the warehouse. Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul
said one person was still trapped under rubble and 28 had been
injured, with 12 of them being treated in hospital.
Residents sobbed outside the burnt-out apartment block, from
which smoke billowed after the early-morning attack on the
central Ukrainian city.
Olha Chernousova, who lives in the five-storey apartment block,
said she was woken by an explosion which sounded like thunder
and thrown out of her bed by a violent blast wave.
"I ran to my front door, but it was very hot there... the smoke
was heavy," she said.
"What could I do? I was sat on the balcony, terrified I would
lose consciousness. Nobody came for a long time... I thought I
would have to jump into a tree."
Around her, the street and courtyard were strewn with glass and
bricks. At least five cars were ruined husks.
Ihor Lavrenenko, who lives in a different part of the building,
said he heard two blasts.
"I woke up from the first bang, a weak one, and went
straightaway onto the balcony. Then the second one erupted
overhead, I watched from my balcony as hot debris fell," he
said.
Zelenskiy, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, condemned the attack in a
Telegram post, saying: "Russian killers continue their war
against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people."
Russia did not immediately comment on the attack. It has
repeatedly struck cities across Ukraine since its full-scale
invasion in February 2022 though it denies targeting civilians.
Moscow has also accused Ukraine of cross-border shelling as Kyiv
carries out counter-offensive operations.
Ukraine's military command said air defences had destroyed 10
out of 14 cruise missiles, and one of four Iranian-made drones,
fired at Ukraine overnight.
(Additional reporting by Lidia Kelly, Anna Pruchnicka and
Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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