Russian troops carried out a missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in central Ukraine .

Edited by| Hugh Gey

Politic section -  CJ journalist

Ukraine conflict news section      

Kyiv – June,13,2023

Head of Kryvyi Rih's military administration Oleksandr Vilkul wrote on Telegram that "high-precision monsters" hit the city in several places, including a five-story apartment.

"There are victims in extremely serious condition, there are probably people under the rubble," he said earlier in the morning, "All the emergency services are hard at work and the work of the firefighters is still in progress."

In Kyiv, night strikes by "cruise missiles" were also reported.

"All enemy targets in the airspace around Kyiv have been successfully detected and destroyed," said the Ukrainian capital's military administration.

The mayor of Kharkiv in the northeast announced drones had been launched "against civilian infrastructure", damaging a local business and hangar.

Kyiv said on Monday its troops had recaptured seven villages from Russian forces along an approximately 100km front in the southeast since its counter-offensive began last week.

"Seven villages have been liberated," said Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar on Telegram, referring in particular to several localities taken over in the Zaporizhja region.

Russian officials did not confirm Ukraine's gains .

President Zelenskyy maintained the "difficult" counter-offensive is "progressing" .

“The battles are tough, but our movement is there, and that is very important,” he said in his nightly video address.

Ukraine's leader added rainy weather is challenging his troops and that he's discussed with his military commanders “which points of the front we need to strengthen and what actions we can take to break more Russian positions.”

Zelenskyy confirmed the beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive on Saturday after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Ukrainian forces were taking “significant losses” a day earlier.

Western analysts have cautioned the attempt to rid Ukraine of entrenched and powerfully armed Russian troops could take years, while the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is far from certain.

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