Russian strike rockets on Friday at Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine, killed at least 16 people, including six children, and wounded more than 50, local officials said. In recent days, in a series of Russian attacks on urban centers, despite the current conversations about the interruption of fire, they caused significant civilian victims.

Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which includes Kryvyi Rih, said Social media That the rocket hit a residential neighborhood, with playgrounds nearby. Other officials warned that the number of deaths could increase while the rescuers continued to seek the ruins of the victims.

The Russian Ministry of Defense admit Strike rockets on Kryvyi Rih on Friday. She claimed that the rocket was aiming at a restaurant where Ukrainian commanders and western military instructors met, killing a total of 85 soldiers.

Moscow has long claimed that it has only intended for military goals, though Direct Russian strikes in civilian areas and objects The journalists and independent organizations often documented.

The attack on Friday followed because Russia seemed to increase its attacks on civilian areas in recent weeks. Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, was also hit on Wednesday in an attack killed four people. On Thursday, the Russian attack of drone on the eastern town of Hrkiv also killed four people, According to the mayor of the city.

The number of civilian victims could not be checked independently.

The unusually high tribute on Friday comes because both countries have joined the interruption of fire interruption, partially aimed at reducing the impact of civilian war. Ukraine and Russia have so far undertaken to stop attacks on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea, but these trucks have yet to be implemented and both sides accuse each other of violation.

The beginning of the negotiations on the termination of fire in mid -February raised the hope that the fighting would make it easier, as both sides aimed to show the United States, the mediator, that they were preparing to engage and reach an agreement. But the war was raging on smooth.

A series of Ukrainian cities, many of which are far from the front line, have suffered deadly strikes. A large Russian attack of drones on Kyiv, the capital, killed three civilians At the end of last month, hours before the interview mediated in the US to begin a partial interruption of fire in Saudi Arabia.

In the meantime, Ukraine continued the attacks, including the launch of drones within Russia.

In a Social media postMr. Zelensky said the attack on Friday was proof that “Russia does not want to interrupt the fire, and we see that.”

Mr. Zelensky repeated a wide mood in Ukraine that the Kremlin had included negotiations on the interruption of fire as an empty display of a goodwill for Curry’s affection with a white house, but he had no intention of stopping the fighting.

Ukraine initially agreed to an unconditional 30-day break to stop all the fights. But Russia rejected the proposal and instead suggested a limited ceasefire focused on the Black Sea and Energy Infrastructure, which Ukraine accepted last week.

Since then, both sides have accused each other of attacking their energy systems. Moscow requested the abolition of economic sanctions before the truce at sea enters into force, effectively freezing its implementation.

Trump’s administration seems to be Trump they were tired of the disrupted negotiations of the fire.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Brussels on Friday that Russia had run out of time to convince Trump’s administration that he was seriously under the peace agreement with Ukraine.

“We test to see if the Russians are interested in peace,” Mr. Rubio added. “Their actions – not their words, their actions – will determine whether they are serious or not, and we intend to discover it sooner or later.”

Pictures of the consequences of the attack on Friday, published by Mr. Zelensky, showed that the bodies were widespread on the grass of what seemed like a playground, some covered with rescue blankets. Around the playground, the tops of the trees were demolished and building windows broken by the explosion.

Olena Green, the wife of Mr. Zelensky, posted A long and emotional message Social media after the attack, pointing to a number of recent Russian strikes in which civilians were killed.

” ‘What happens in Ukraine? Is it calmer now? We heard something about a dedication fire, “asked foreigners, far from the war,” she wrote.

“We heard” something “, of course,” she continued. “Alarm sounds. Access to missiles and drones. Screams and crying. We hear them now. They are with us forever.”