At least four people died, and 43 were injured after Russian missiles struck the southern city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry said Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram that emergency services were at the scene in his hometown and “trying to save as many people as possible.”
The strikes came after Zelensky said Sunday that attacks inside Russia are “inevitable.” Kremlin officials accused Kyiv of drone strikes in Moscow and Russian-annexed Crimea. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed whether Kyiv played a role in those attacks.
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Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan reinstated after handshake refusal: Two days after Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the world championships following her refusal to shake hands with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova, the International Fencing Federation reinstated Kharlan, allowing her to participate in team competition that began Saturday, Glynn A. Hill reports. Kharlan’s reinstatement came a day after the International Olympic Committee opened a path for the Ukrainian fencer to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Kharlan, a former world champion, won her individual saber bout against Smirnova on Thursday in Milan, after which she rejected Smirnova’s handshake and offered her saber to tap blades instead. Shaking an opponent’s hand is mandatory in fencing, and failure to do so triggers a “black card.” Kharlan was disqualified, prompting outrage from top Ukrainian sports officials.
Serhiy Morgunov contributed to this report.