Russian missiles hit industrial target in central Ukraine -governor


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  • Sunday, 28 Jan 2024

(Reuters) - Russian missiles struck an industrial site in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Saturday, sparking a fire, the local governor said.

Filip Pronin, governor of Poltava region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that two Russian ballistic missiles had hit the target in the city.

Pictures posted online showed emergency crews battling a blaze, but Pronin provided no details of casualties.

Further southeast in Zaporizhzhia region, local governor Yuri Malashko said an infrastructure site had been hit in a drone attack. Emergency crews were at the site, but Malashko gave no details of damage or casualties.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Maria Starkova; Editing by Andrea Ricci)

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