Russian air strikes in Ukraine kills 18 and wounded dozens

A Russian air strike crumbled apartment buildings and houses in Ukraine’s city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens, Ukrainian officials said Sunday as Moscow strained to enforce its takeover of the illegally annexed territory.

The blasts that collapsed at least one high-rise residential building and blew out the windows of others came from six missiles launched in Russian-occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Ukrainian air force said. The multiple strikes came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia. The Kerch Bridge attack damaged a vital supply route for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in Ukraine and a towering symbol of Russia’s regional power.