RZHYSHCHIV, Ukraine: At least nine Ukrainians were killed in the latest Russian air strikes, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare that Moscow was not interested in promoting peace.
Ukrainian emergency services said that in early-morning drone strikes, at least eight people were killed and seven injured when two dormitories and a college were hit in Rzhyshchiv, 40 miles south of Kyiv.
One citizen was rescued from the site, and four were trapped under rubble. Rescue operations continued on Wednesday night.
The air strike left a gaping hole in the top floor of a five-story dormitory. A pile of rubble marked where part of another building had stood, a witness told Reuters.
Andrii Nebytov, Regional police chief, said an ambulance driver who went to the scene was among the dead.
Russian Air strikes on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia
Hours later, two other residential buildings were damaged in the air strike on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. Officials said that one person was killed, and 33 were taken to hospital.
Zelensky described the attack on Zaporizhzhia as an act of “bestial savagery.”
