A central Ukrainian city held vigils on Monday starting three days of mourning for 11 adults and nine children killed by a Russian missile last week, as one of deadliest attacks on civilians in months jeopardised Washington's ceasefire push.

While Russian missile and drone bombardments have been unrelenting over more than three years of war, they have intensified in recent weeks amid U.S.-led peace talks.

The attacks were among the deadliest on Kryvyi Rih since the start of the war in 2022 and come as U.S. President Trump pushes for a ceasefire.

Russian strike hits President Zelenskiy's hometown Subsequent drone attack hits homes, kills one Russian Defence Ministry says it hit military gathering Images show bodies lying on pavements More than 50 people wounded,

The number of victims of Russian attacks on Kryvyi Rih on 4 April has risen to 72, including 11 children. Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of Kryvyi Rih City Defence Council, on Telegram Quote: "The number of victims of yesterday's enemy attacks on our city has risen to 72.

One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise.