Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Europe to speed up delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles after a Russian missile killed four Ukrainians overnight.
The Ukrainian president said Moscow targeted strikes on the Dnipro region last night, with the Russian defence ministry claiming it had struck a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian army supplies.
The ship was bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, in south-west Ukraine, when it came under attack.
Russian forces also hit a logistics centre, a distribution centre and a logistics terminal in the city of Kharkiv, in the north-east.
The ministry said the facilities had been used for storage and distribution of dual-use cargo
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