Rescue workers put out a fire of a residential building which was damaged by a Russian strike on Ternopil on Wednesday.

A large Russian drone and missile barrage pummelled a western Ukrainian city, killing 19 people, emergency services said Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Turkey for top-level talks to try to muster diplomatic support against Russia’s invasion of his country.

The nighttime attack hit two nine-story apartment blocks in Ternopil, located around 200 kilometres from the Polish border, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. Emergency crews were sifting through the rubble in daylight to find any survivors, he said. At least 66 people, including 16 children, were injured, authorities said.

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