Dead boy pulled from rubble of latest Russian hit on Ukraine

Emergency crews pulled body of a toddler from rubble in a pre-dawn search for survivors on Saturday of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

missile was one of what Ukrainian authorities said were 16 that got through air defenses among 76 missiles fired Friday in latest Russian attack targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure, part of Moscow's strategy to leave Ukrainian civilians and soldiers in dark and cold this winter.

Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko of Dnipropetrovsk region, where Kryvyi Rih is located, wrote on Telegram social media app that "rescuers retrieved body of a 1-1/2-year-old boy from under rubble of a house destroyed by a Russian rocket.” In all, four people were killed in strike, and 13 injured — four of m children — authorities said.

victims were “a 64-year-old woman and a young family with a small son,” he wrote.

Reznichenko said pounding from Russian forces continued overnight, damaging power lines and houses in cities and towns of Nikopol, Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka, which are across Dnieper River from Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

By Saturday morning, Ukraine’s military leership said Russian forces h updated number of missiles fired in latest attack to 98. It did not say how many in total h been stopped by air defenses.

onslaught Friday, which pummeled many parts of central, eastern and sourn Ukraine, involved one of biggest attacks yet on capital, Kyiv, in war sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Kyiv came under fire from about 40 missiles on Friday, authorities said, though air defenses intercepted 37 of m.

Utility crews were scrambling to patch up damaged power and water systems.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported Saturday that two-thirds of homes h been reconnected to electricity and all h regained access to water. subway system also resumed service, after serving as a shelter day before.

In Kryvyi Rih, 596 miners stuck underground because of missile strikes were all rescued, Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul reported late Friday.