Two Russian strikes in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region have killed at least seven people, including two children, local officials have said.
The station in the main city Dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in Synelnykove.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack showed that all Ukrainian cities needed more advanced air defences.
In a separate strike, Ukraine said that for the first time, it had downed a strategic long-range bomber in Russia.
Officials said a boy aged eight and a girl of 14 were among five people killed when private homes were targeted by Russian strikes on the town of Synelnykove.
A six-year-old boy, who had earlier been reported killed, was in critical condition and several other people were wounded, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Serhiy Lysak said.
Another two people were killed and more than 20 wounded in the regional capital, Dnipro, when the train station and a five-storey building were hit.
President Zelensky said that Ukraine and its allies “must defeat Russian terror”, urging Kyiv’s partners to urgently provide more advanced air defence systems.
He added that he visited Ukrainian troops close to the front lines in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Friday.
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