A Russian missile hits the Ukrainian president's hometown as it mourns the deaths of an earlier attack

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian missile struck the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, local authorities said, just as Kryvyi Rih was observing an official day of mourning for a Attack the day before in which four civilians were killed in a hotel.

The latest attack on the city hit civilian infrastructure and injured eight people, local administration head Oleksandr Vilkul said on social media.

Tuesday's attack, which also injured five people, was part of a barrage of dozens of missiles and drones that Russia fired at Ukraine for the second day in a row.

“When there is mourning in Kryvyi Rih, the enemy will attack again. And again he will target civilians,” regional head Serhii Lysak said on Wednesday.

Russia stepped up its bombing of Ukraine on Monday, firing more than 100 missiles and a similar number of drones. biggest rush in weeks.

The increased bombing coincided with a time that could prove crucial for the warwhich Russia launched on February 24, 2022.

Russian forces are advancing ever deeper into the partially occupied eastern region of Donetsk, the complete conquest of which is one of the Kremlin's main goals. The Russian army is Pokrovsk in sightan important logistics hub for Ukrainian defense in the region.

At the same time, Ukraine sent its troops to The Russian region of Kursk in recent weeks, the largest invasion of Russian soil since World War II. The move is partly an attempt to force Russia to withdraw troops from the front in Donetsk.

Rescue workers found one last body under the rubble in the hotel in Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday. This marked the end of the rescue operation.

Meanwhile, Ukraine claimed that its air defenses had destroyed a Russian Su-25 fighter jet in the Donetsk region.

In addition, Ukraine continued its long-range drone attacks on Russia's rear logistics areas.

Ukrainian military intelligence claimed responsibility for an attack on an oil depot in Russia's Rostov region. In the first known Ukrainian attack on Russia's Kirov region, Kirov Governor Alexander Sokolov said three Ukrainian drones crashed near an oil depot. The region is located about 950 kilometers northeast of the Ukrainian border.

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