Missile and drone strikes across Ukraine claim at least 18 lives

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An apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Uman has been hit after a series of early morning airstrikes across the country on Friday.

The commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, says Ukraine managed to shoot down 21 incoming cruise missiles out of a total of 23, with the remaining two hitting Uman and Dnipro.

The attack on Uman is the deadliest strike on a Ukrainian apartment building since 40 people were killed in Dnipro in January.

Ukraine's emergency service says at least 16 people are dead in Uman. The regional military administrator for Uman, Ihor Taburets, told reporters that three children were among those killed, adding that several more are likely to be found dead in the rubble.

Ukraine's interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said that additional rescue and forensics teams have been dispatched from Kyiv, added that it will take more than a day to search the ruins for more victims. So far, Ukraine's emergency service has managed to rescue 17 people.