Zelenskyy announces the toll of the most violent Russian attack to hit western Ukraine.

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Arab Gulf - Follow-ups: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that 22 people were missing at the site of a Russian attack on the city of Ternopil in the west of the country on Wednesday. Zelenskyy wrote on the X platform, "So far, 26 people have been confirmed dead, including three children," adding that the search and rescue operation continued overnight until morning. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Wednesday that Russian forces carried out a strike with an Iskander missile that resulted in the destruction of two multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) with accompanying ammunition, in addition to the elimination of up to 10 members of combat crews who were trying to direct ATACMS missiles towards the city of Voronezh, according to Sputnik. A statement from the ministry said, "The combat crew of the Iskander-M missiles carried out a missile strike on a site of Ukrainian forces, resulting in the destruction of two multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) with accompanying ammunition, in addition to the elimination of members of the combat crews." The ministry explained that the Kyiv regime tried at 14:31 Moscow time to direct strikes against civilian targets inside Russia using four American-made ATACMS missiles, which were shot down by Russian S-400 and Pantsir air defense systems. The ministry indicated that the air defense systems were able to quickly detect multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) launch platforms in the Voloskaya area, 50 kilometers from Chuguev in the Kharkiv region. In addition, Russian artillery units carried out a precise strike on a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk People's Republic, killing up to 30 soldiers, according to the commander of a combat vehicle bearing the call sign "Ios" from the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Guard in the Southern Military District to "Sputnik."