1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20

KYIV Ukraine AP One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv while the death toll from Friday s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise The Kyiv victim was ascertained close to the strike s epicenter of the attack in the city s Darnytskyi district Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned A further three people were injured in the strike which sparked fires in several nonresidential areas damaging cars and buildings In a report on social media Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the intensifying Russian attacks proved that there is still insufficient international pressure on Moscow He declared Russia has launched more than guided aerial bombs nearly attack drones and more than missiles at Ukraine in the past week alone These attacks are Russian President Vladimir Putin s response to all international diplomatic efforts Each of our partners the United States all of Europe the entire world has seen that Russia intends to continue the war and the killing Zelenskyy declared That is why there can be no easing of pressure All efforts must be aimed at guaranteeing defense and bringing peace closer Zelenskyy also declared that the missiles fired into Ukraine had been launched by Russian ships stationed in the Black Sea While U S negotiators publicized on March that both Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to a Black Sea ceasefire the Kremlin has pushed for particular Western sanctions against Russia to be lifted before such an agreement comes into force This is one reason why Russia distorts diplomacy and will not agree to an unconditional Black Sea ceasefire They want to retain the opportunity to strike at our cities and our ports from the sea Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram A ceasefire at sea is not only about free navigation and maritime food supplies it is above all about assurance Meanwhile leaders explained that the death toll from Friday s attack on Kryvyi Rih had continued to grow with dead including a large number of children and a further wounded Oleksandr Vilkul head of Kryvyi Rih s military administration declared three days of mourning starting on April He noted that there was pain in the hearts of millions of people Together we will stand And no matter how challenging it is we will win he announced The enemy will be punished for every Ukrainian and for every mother s tear A association from the U N Human Rights Office in Ukraine visited the impact site Saturday to document the damage and establish the identities of the nine children killed in the attack They described it as the deadliest single verified strike harming children since the start of the full-scale invasion in February Local personnel revealed the Kryvyi Rih strike damaged apartment buildings and private houses The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Friday that it had carried out a high-precision missile strike with a high explosive warhead on a restaurant where a meeting with unit commanders and Western instructors was taking place Russian military claimed that the strike killed military personnel and foreign officers and destroyed vehicles The military s suggests could not be independently verified The Ukrainian General Staff rejected the proposes Elsewhere Russian troops fired missiles and strike and decoy drones across Ukraine overnight the Ukrainian air force disclosed Sunday Thirteen missiles and drones were shot down while decoy drones were jammed and did not reach their destinations it revealed A -year-old man was killed Sunday morning by a Russian drone strike in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson local Gov Oleksandr Prokudin commented Russia s Defense Ministry explained that its air defenses had destroyed Ukrainian drones including eight over the Rostov region and two over the Kursk region