Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive against Russia.
More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News.
Multiple reports have said a major battle has begun in southeastern Ukraine, south of the major Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.
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At least 11 people were killed and 28 were injured in Kryvyi Rih, as Russian missiles targeted the city overnight, Ukrainian officials said.
Missiles hit residential buildings, including a five-story apartment building, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook post early Tuesday morning local time.
"More terrorist missiles, Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Ukrainian on Twitter.
One of the Russian missiles that struck Kryvyi Rih hit a storage facility with bottled water destined for Kherson region. Seven people were killed there, including a 17-year-old boy.
Russia also attacked Kyiv with cruise missiles overnight into Tuesday morning. All of the cruise missiles were shot down, the Kyiv city military administration said on Telegram
Air raid sirens were activated across Ukraine early Tuesday morning.
-ABC News' Yulia Drozd, Joe Simonetti and Ellie Kaufman
Ukraine began its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia on Thursday, officials told ABC News.
Two Ukrainian officials, including a source close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed to ABC News that an active phase of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway.
