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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky vows response to Russia’s ‘terrorist attack’ as strike on mall kills 16

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky vows response to Russia’s ‘terrorist attack’ as strike on mall kills 16

At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded yesterday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine , authorities said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a response to the attack, which he described as an "act of barbarism".

At least nine people, including two children, have been missing and believed to be trapped under the rubble of a shopping centre attack by Russia , said regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, condemned Russia’s attack on Kryvyi Rih as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month.

Russia’s overnight attack killed two people, local authorities said on Saturday morning, a day after Moscow's attack on a Ukrainian mall

One person was killed in a warehouse fire in Kyiv following a ballistic missile strike, while another person was killed in a drone strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Russian airstrike on Ukraine killed two people, local authorities said this morning, a day after Moscow's attack on a Ukrainian mall killed 16 people.

One person was killed in a warehouse fire in Kyiv following a ballistic missile strike, while another person was killed in a drone strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia.

In Kyiv, the city’s military administration said a warehouse caught fire in the capital’s Darnytskyi district this morning.

"According to preliminary information, unfortunately, there is one person dead and several injured," the administration said.

Ukraine has launched an attack on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, according to Kyiv Independent.

Ukraine reportedly also targeted a commercial logistics center in its overnight attack in the same region.

Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, condemned Russia’s attack on Kryvyi Rih as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month.

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