The death toll from Russian missile strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk rose to 11 on Saturday, as rescue crews tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building, Ukrainian authorities said.
The Associated PressFirefighters work to extinguish a blaze as they look for victims after a Russian rocket attack in Sloviansk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Friday.Ukraine's air force said the country would soon have weapons with which to try to prevent attacks like the one on Friday. The delivery of the Patriot air defence system promised by the United States was expected in Ukraine sometime after Easter, Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said.
A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers completed their training last month at Fort Sill, a U.S. Army post in Oklahoma, and returned to Europe to learn more about using the defensive missile system to track and shoot down enemy aircraft. Germany and the Netherlands have also pledged to each provide a Patriot system to Ukraine. In addition, a SAMP/T anti-missile system pledged by France and Italy "should enter Ukraine in the near future," Ihnat said this week.Battle for Bakhmut intensifies
Although more than a year of fighting has depleted weapons supplies on both sides, Russian forces have intensified their 8 1/2-month campaign to seize the city of Bakhmut, the focus of the war's longest battle so far.Emergency workers and servicemen rescue a child from a partially destroyed residential building after shelling in Sloviansk on Friday.
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