Russia missile on Kryvyy Rih kills at least three people and injures three others

A Russian strike on Kryvyy Rih has killed at least three people and injured three others. According to the head of the city's Defence Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, the strike hit a residential area, among the dead are a 12-year-old teenager and two elderly women.

Earlier, a rocket attack on Odessa injured four people, damaged port and civilian infrastructure, as well as a ship flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda.

Odessa and other southern regions of Ukraine are regularly targeted by Russian missiles and drones.

In turn, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, 101 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory on Saturday night. Fires were recorded at ammunition depots in the Krasnodar region and near the town of Toropets in the Tver region. This is the second strike on Toropets in a week.

More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia’s military have now died in Ukraine, according to an independent tally by the Mediazona news website. 

However, the Ukrainian general staff instead reports that Russia has lost more than 639,000 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. 

He is expected to press for the US to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. 

US officials said they have asked Ukraine to spell out more clearly its combat objectives should the administration green light loosening restrictions on long-range weaponry.