Ukraine-Russia war live: Putin’s forces strike Zelensky’s home city as Biden declares Russia will not prevail
US president Joe Biden insists Ukraine will win the war and Putin ‘will not prevail’
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Russia has fired a missile on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, striking a police department and injuring at least three people, local emergency officials have reported.
The attack partially destroyed the five-storey building of the district department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the emergency services said, as well as damaging some private residences nearby.
More people were likely to be under the rubble, they added.
It comes as Mr Biden, ahead of a meeting with Mr Zelensky in the White House, said Russia “will not prevail” in its war on Ukraine.
“We stand with Ukraine, now and in the future,” Mr Biden said alongside Mr Zelensky. “Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail.”
Mr Biden also pledged to support Kyiv “in its path to membership to both the EU and Nato”, though he stopped short of green-lighting Ukraine’s request to fire long-range missiles deeper into Russia.
Zelensky thanked the US for its “unwavering bipartisan support”.
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We have some pictures from Izmail after Russia attack
Earlier, we reported that a Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail in the Odesa region killed three people and injured 14, including three children.
Below, we have some pictures released by the local emergency services as they tackled the fires caused by the attack.
Russian attack on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih strikes police department, national police says
A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday struck a local police department, Ukraine‘s national police said in a statement via the Telegram messaging app.
The police said the rescue operation was underway and that the attack dealt injuries to people without providing additional details.
The US is giving Ukraine billions more in weapons. Here's how they will help
The US is giving Ukraine billions more in weapons. Here's how they will help
The Biden administration has announced its latest infusion of more than $2.7 billion in weapons for Ukraine and the promise of billions more
Russian attack on southern town of Izmail kills 3, injures 14
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 14, including three children, Odesa regional prosecutors said on Friday.
The “large-scale terror attack” in the early hours of Friday caused several fires besides damaging homes, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app.
Overnight Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro also damaged an industrial facility and caused a fire, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram.
Drone and shelling attacks on the region damaged infrastructure, Lysak said, adding that no casualties had been reported in the attacks.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 24 out of 32 drones during Russia’s overnight attack on Telegram. One of the drones entered the Romanian air space, it said.
Russian forces also used one ballistic and two cruise missiles during the attack, the air force added.
Russian drone may have breached Romanian air space during overnight atack on Ukraine
Romania’s national airspace was likely breached for under three minutes by a Russian drone during an overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the defense ministry said on Friday.
NATO member Romania scrambled four fighter jets to monitor the attack from the air, the ministry said, adding military personnel were looking for potential fragments.
Photos from the frontline
Russia attack on Odesa kills 3, injures 11
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 11, including a child, authorities in the region of Odesa said this morning.
The “large-scale terror attack” in the early hours today also caused several fires besides damaging homes, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on his Telegram channel.
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Included in a $2.4bn long-term assistance package announced yesterday — just before meetings between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris — is another Patriot missile battery and additional munitions for the system.
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Recap: Russian targets Ukraine could hit with long-range missiles
The targets Kyiv could hit if Washington gave the go-ahead to use Western long-range missiles to fire at military sites within Russia:
Mapped: The Russian targets Ukraine could hit with long-range missiles
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