Ukraine: War 'coming to Russia', Medvedev nuclear threat, Ukrainian drones strike Moscow and Crimea

At least four people were killed and 43 injured in a Russian strike on an apartment building in central Ukraine on Monday, according to the country's Interior Minister.

Russia hit Kryvyi Rig in the morning with two missiles, which destroyed several floors of a residential building, wrote Igor Klymenko on Telegram.  

Four people were killed and 43 were injured, he said at midday, adding three residents were rescued and 30 evacuated. A 10-year-old child was among those killed. 

The second missile hit a university, according to Klymenko, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denouncing "Russian terrorism". 

Speaking to Euronews in July, Dr Jade McGlynn, Research Fellow in War Studies at King's College London, said Moscow was deliberately "terror bombing" civilians in a bid to demoralise the population and undermine their resolve.  

The Kremlin called on Monday Ukrainian drone strikes an "act of desperation" by Kyiv, whose counter-offensive was "failing", it claimed.   

"It's obvious the counter-offensive is not successful," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, claiming Ukrainian forces have had "no success" on the battlefield.

"In an act of desperation, the Kyiv regime is resorting to such terrorist strikes," he said.

Ukraine has recaptured Russian-occupied territory in the south and east, though Zelenskyy previously said progress was not as fast as he would like. 

Ukrainian forces are facing solidly entrenched Russian troops that have had months to dig in. 

Russia announced on Sunday it had repelled two separate Ukrainian drone attacks overnight, which targeted a major business district in Moscow and annexed Crimea.

No casualties were reported. 

Vnukovo International Airport in southwest Moscow was briefly closed on