Russian attack kills three in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih, official says

June 23 (Reuters) - A ‌Russian missile ​attack ​killed three people in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian officials said ‌on Tuesday, accusing Russia of hitting a civilian ⁠area with cluster munitions.

Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city's ‌defence council, said on ‌Telegram that 25 people had also been injured in the attack by a ballistic missile with ​a cluster munition warhead.

"People died within 200 meters of each other because of this barbaric weapon," ⁠Vilkul said, adding the city would mark a day of mourning on ​Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is a native of Kryvyi Rih, reacted to the strike ​by calling for more international ‌pressure on Russia to end the war and quicker supplies of air defence ⁠munitions to Ukraine.

"Every delay in implementing air defence agreements, every delay in supplies to protect Ukraine and Ukrainians is ⁠in effect a loss of life," Zelenskiy said on Telegram.

Ukraine ​has regularly accused Russia of attacking cities with cluster munitions, which scatter over a wide area. Russia says it does ‌not target civilians, although thousands have been killed during the war.

Regional governor Oleksandr ‌Hanzha reported earlier that a Russian missile attack damaged ⁠industrial infrastructure in ‌the city, without giving ​more detail.

(Reporting by Max Hunder and Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Sharon ‌Singleton)

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