Russian Missile Strike Kills 11 in Eastern Ukraine; Ukrainian Forces Hit Russian Base in Crimea

As the conflict intensifies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assures that no Russian strike will go without consequence, while protests erupt in Russia.

• At least 11 people, including five children, were killed in a Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukraine town of Pokrovsk, intensifying the conflict that has been ongoing since Russia's invasion in February 2022.
• Ukrainian officials reported that the Russian forces hit the area with S-300 missiles, damaging six houses in Pokrovsk and another in nearby Rivne.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the attacks, assuring that no Russian strike 'will go without consequence'.
• Ukrainian forces claimed to have hit the Saki air base in Russian-occupied Crimea, marking an escalation in their counteroffensive.
• In Russia, a group of wives of Russians mobilized to fight in Ukraine protested at the Kremlin, demanding the return of their husbands from the front.

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