Russian Missiles Kill 85 Commanders, Foreign Instructors in Zelensky’s Hometown

The Russian Armed Forces have targeted a meeting of Ukrainian commanders and Western instructors at a restaurant in the city of Krivoy Rog yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"A meeting of military commanders and Western instructors, which was taking place at a restaurant in Krivoy Rog, was targeted at 6:49 p.m. Moscow time (3:49 p.m. GMT) on April 4. The precision strike involved a high-explosive missile. The attack made the enemy lose up to 85 service members and military officers from foreign countries," the statement reads.

The ministry added that the enemy had also lost up to 20 motor vehicles. Meanwhile, Alexander Vilkul, head of Krivoy Rog’s defense council, wrote on Telegram that explosions had taken place in the city.

The city of  Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of President Zelensky and is frequently targeted by Russian Forces.

Russia's missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4 killed 19 people, including nine children, according to local authorities. Sixty-eight people were reportedly injured.

Russian forces reportedly launched a combined missile and drone attack on the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast city in the evening, setting buildings ablaze in residential districts.

"Sixty-eight people were injured in the terrorist attacks, ranging from a three-month-old child to elderly individuals," Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Kryvyi Rih's military administration, said on April 5.

According to Vilkul, 40 people have been hospitalized as a result of the attack. Two children, aged five and eight, are reportedly in critical condition.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the attack: ""Russian strikes every day. Every day, people are killed. There is only one reason this continues: Russia does not want a ceasefire, and we see it. The whole world sees it."

"Every Russian promise ends with missiles or drones, bombs or artillery. Diplomacy means nothing to them. And that’s why pressure is needed — sufficient pressure on Russia so they feel the consequences of every lie of theirs, every strike, every single day they take lives and prolong the war," Zelensky said.