At least eight people were killed and 21 injured in a major Russian missile attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine, local officials said Friday morning.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the attack damaged several floors of a residential building, as well as the railway station in the capital of the Dnieper region.
"Russia must answer for its terror and every missile, every Shahed must be shot down," Zelensky said. "The world can guarantee it, and our partners have the necessary capacities".
Ukraine's state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznica said the Russian attack deliberately targeted its infrastructure in the region, saying its workers were injured.
The company closed the station in Dnipro and diverted trains passing through that city.
Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko said that at least eight people were killed in the attack, two in Dnieper and six in Sinelnykovski district in the region, where dozens of houses were damaged.
The Ukrainian army announced that it destroyed a Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber after rocket and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.
"For the first time, the anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, in cooperation with the Defense Intelligence Services of Ukraine, destroyed the Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, which carries Kh-22 cruise missiles that Russian terrorists used to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities," the commander said. Air Force Nikola Oleščuk on Telegram.
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