Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 52 others in Zelenskyy's hometown in central Ukraine

Russian missile attack kills 1, injures 52 in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. Ten buildings were damaged in the attack and three people pulled from the rubble were in serious condition, according to Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s minister of Internal Affairs.

A Russian missile attack September 8 on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine killed one policeman and injured at least 52 others, emergency officials said, while another attack in the southern Kherson region killed three people.

The strikes were among multiple Russian attacks across the country overnight, officials said. Meanwhile, Moscow is trying to strengthen its position politically with local elections in areas it has illegally annexed, including some it still does not control. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it does not recognize the “fake elections.”

The strikes came days after 16 people were killed in a Russian attack on a market in eastern Ukraine and drone debris was found in Romania . That sparked fears among local residents that the war could spread into the NATO-member country bordering Ukraine.

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Ten buildings were damaged in the attack on Mr. Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih September 8. Three people pulled from the rubble were in serious condition, according to Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s minister of Internal Affairs. Photos posted by Klymenko on Telegram showed a building on fire, burnt timbers and emergency services evacuating the injured.

Three people were also killed September 8 after a Russian bomb struck the village of Odradokamianka in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, Mr. Klymenko said.

Also on September 8, a funeral was being held for an 18-year-old who was among 16 people killed September 6 in a Russian attack on a market in Kostiantynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The attack, which wounded 33 others, turned the market into a fiery, blackened ruin and overshadowed a two-day visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken aimed at assessing Ukraine’s three-month-old counteroffensive. Mr. Blinken's visit signalled ongoing U.S. support with the announcement of an additional $1 billion in aid.