07/31/2023

Russian Airstrikes Leave Nine Dead, More than 100 Injured in Kryvyi Rih

This is President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown

Russian strikes killed at least nine people and injured more than 100 others in the Ukrainian city of Kherson and in Kryvyi Rih — President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown — Ukrainian officials said. Emergency workers in Kryvyi Rih were able to rescue a 10-year-old girl who initially had been reported dead, according to the Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The strikes came as Ukraine and Croatia's foreign ministers met in Kyiv, where they agreed on "the possibility" of using Croatian ports to export Ukrainian grain, in the aftermath of the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement.

Here's the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.

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