6 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Russian Strike on Ukrainian Village; North Korean Missile Kills Family of Five
A Russian missile attack on a village near Kryvyi Rih killed six people, including three children, while a separate Russian strike using a North Korean missile killed five members of the same family in another Ukrainian village.
Overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian officials said [207306][207213][207225]. In the village near Kryvyi Rih, a residential building was hit, killing six people, including a six-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, and a 17-year-old boy [207576]. At least five of the victims were members of the same family [207576]. Another attack on a village near Kryvyi Rih killed two girls, aged five and 12, along with four adults [207457].
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used a North Korean missile to strike a Ukrainian village, killing five members of the same family [207676]. If confirmed, it would mark the first use of such a weapon in the war in nearly a year [207676]. Russia has fired North Korean missiles at Ukrainian targets before, and the strike suggests Moscow has received a fresh supply of weapons [207676].
The attacks hit multiple regions, including the capital Kyiv, where at least one person was killed [207457][204922]. Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned that Russia is striking the city with ballistic missiles, and debris from intercepted missiles caused fires in at least three districts [204922][207457]. In the western city of Lviv, at least 15 people were wounded after a residential building was partially destroyed [207306]. In Poltava, a drone strike on a warehouse killed one person [207306].
The Ukrainian air force reported that Russia fired 74 missiles and 284 drones during the overnight attack [207306][207213]. Ukrainian authorities renewed urgent calls for allies to send air defense supplies [207225].