Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih mourns victims of Russian missile strike


FILE PHOTO: A person mourns at the site of a deadly Russian missile strike on a residential area where multiple children and adults were killed, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, April 5, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (Reuters) - A central Ukrainian city held vigils on Monday that began three days of mourning for 11 adults and nine children killed by a Russian missile last week, as one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months jeopardised Washington's ceasefire push.

Friday evening's strike on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's home city of Kryvyi Rih sprayed shrapnel across a dense residential area, including a playground. Ukraine's military said Moscow used cluster munitions.

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