Ukraine firefighters battle blaze following deadly Russian missile strikes in Lviv
VENGEFUL Russians blitzed civilians in Ukraine with long-range missiles as they upped their attacks in retaliation for the sinking of their flagship.
They killed ten in a series of rocket strikes - but the Ukrainians launched a daring counter-assault to cut off the invaders’ supply lines.
A pre-dawn barrage of five cruise missiles blasted Lviv, hitting buildings near a railway line in the evacuation hub, killing seven people and injuring eight others.
Three also died in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, as indiscriminate Grad missiles pounded people’s homes.
A shell fell on a children's playground killing a man and a woman.
Another hit an aid point killing one person and wounding six others.
At least 18 people have now been killed in Kharkiv and more than 100 wounded since Thursday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Blasts were also reported in the central Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Russian, enraged at the sinking of Black Sea fleet flagship Moskva, claimed it had blasted Ukraine with precision-guided air-launched missiles, destroying command posts, fuel stores and ammunition depots.
Despite the relentless bombardments, Ukrainian forces hit back with counter- attacks.
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17 апр 2022
