Nine killed in Russian attacks

Deadly assault on president's hometown comes ahead of G7 summit

- HANNA ARHIROVA

Emergency workers clear rubble as they search for victims after a Russian missile hit an apartment block in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

Russian forces launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow’s offensive.

Ukrainian authorities said that along with the nine killed, 29 others, including five children, were wounded when Russian missiles hit an apartment block in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown.