Ukraine: Residential building in Zelensky’s hometown engulfed by flames after deadly strike
A Russian general leading troops in southern Ukraine has been killed in a missile strike, a pro-Russian military blogger has claimed.
One of the most prominent Russian bloggers, Voenkor Kotenok, said that the senior Russian officer was killed as troops of Russia’s Fifth Army were forced to leave Makarivka in southern Donetsk, where Ukraine has liberated a number of villages in their counteroffensive.
With 423,000 subscribers, the blogger said in a Telegram post that “as a result of an enemy missile attack, the Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army, Major General Sergei Goryachev, was killed.”
Meanwhile, Russia launched a “massive” attack overnight on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing at least ten people and wounding 28 others.
“As of 1300 (1000 GMT) 10 people have been killed,” city mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said in a Telegram post, adding that another person was under the rubble and a further 28 were injured.
At least 10 out of 14 cruise missiles and one out of four Iranian-made drones fired by Russia were downed by Ukraine’s air forces, the country’s top military command said.
