Missile attack on Zelensky’s hometown kills at least 10

Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in a central Ukrainian city overnight killing at least 10 people regional officials said Tuesday as rescuers searched for at least one person still believed to be trapped under the rubbleKryvyi Rih mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said that the death toll had risen to at least 10 He said that one person is still believed to be trapped under the rubble and 28 were wounded The strike involving cruise missiles hit a fivestory residential building which was engulfed in fire Gov Serhiy Lysak of the Dnipropetrovsk region wrote on TelegramKharkiv was attacked with Iranianmade Shahed drones and the surrounding region was shelled local Gov Oleh Syniehubov said The shelling wounded two civilians in the town of Shevchenkove southeast of KharkivFrance Germany and Poland back Ukrainersquos counteroffensiveFrom left Polish President Andrzej Duda French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a press event PicAPThe leaders of France Germany and Poland met in Paris on Monday for talks focusing on military support for Ukrainersquos counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country ahead of a NATO summit in July In a show of unity the three leaders insisted they would continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary ldquoThe counteroffensive is set to be deployed over several weeks if not months We have done everything to help them within the limits we set ourselves at the start of the conflictrdquo French President Emmanuel Macron said while promising to continue deliveries of weapons ammunition and armored vehicles ldquoover the coming days and weeksrdquoUNbacked team 3D scans historical sitesVolunteers set up a scanner at the All Saints Church in Kyiv PicAPA team of United Nationsbacked engineers set up a laser which took a million measurements per second inside Kyivrsquos All Saints Church The laser took a series of incredibly highresolution photographs which will be stitched together with navigational data to create a perfect threedimensional rendering of the holy site This was done as part of a project to protect and preserve historic places across UkraineUkraine says seven villages recapturedUkrainian troops have retaken seven villages spanning 90 sq km from Russian forces in the past week the deputy defence minister said on Monday as the early stages of Kyivrsquos counteroffensive notched small successes Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on the Telegram app that the Ukrainian flag was again flying over the village of Storozhov in the eastern Donetsk province and that her troops had also retaken three other nearby small villages and three in neighboring Zaporizhzhia province ldquoThe battles are tough but our movement is there and that is very importantrdquo President Volodymyr Zelensky saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever