Russian missiles continue to pummel Ukraine as the civilian toll rises.

Russian missiles pummeled civilian targets in Ukraine again on Thursday, leaving seven people buried under the rubble of an apartment block in the southern city of Mykolaiv, according to local officials, as the Ukrainian authorities said 17 people had died in strikes a day earlier.

The latest attacks brought the death toll in a barrage of Russian cruise missiles and drone attacks to more than three dozen since Monday, and Moscow’s intensified targeting of civilian areas is adding urgency to Ukraine’s demands for more weapons and prompting swift new promises of military aid from the United States and other Western nations. Read more

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