US citizens at Ukraine hotel survived Russian strike: Zelensky

On Wednesday evening, a Russian ballistic missile struck a hotel in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, Kryvyi Rih, during an attack that killed four people and injured more than 30 others, per the foreign ministry.

Zelensky revealed early Thursday that U.S. volunteers with a humanitarian aid organization were among those staying at the hotel when the strikes hit. They evacuated safely after managing to escape from their hotel rooms.

“A ballistic missile struck an ordinary hotel,” Zelensky said in a post on X showing a video of the evacuation. “Just before the attack, volunteers from a humanitarian organization — citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom — had checked into the hotel. They survived because they managed to get down from their

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