Death Toll Climbs in Russian Strikes on Ukraine as Moscow Says It Foiled Terror Plot at Home
ODESSA, Ukraine—The death toll from Wednesday’s Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine rose to 25 as Moscow claimed it had foiled a new terror plot by a Kyiv supporter at home.
Ukrainian rescue operations continued in the town of Chaplyne a day after missiles struck a train station and a residential area in the deadliest Russian attack on civilians in the country in more than a month. At least two children are among the dead, according to Ukrainian officials. More than 30 people were injured.
The missile strikes took place as Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day, marking 31 years since the country declared independence from the crumbling Soviet Union. Kyiv had warned Russia might scale up its attacks on civilian targets around that date.
“There are no such bombs that can erase freedom, and there will never be such missiles that can break the will of the people who believe in themselves,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video posted online late Wednesday night. “Chaplyne is our pain today.”
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