Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine says it downed Tu-22M3 bomber for the first time; 8 killed in major attack by Russia

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Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Friday that rescue operations were underway in the central region of Dnipropetrovsk after a major Russian missile attack killed at least eight people.

Klymenko said via Telegram that the number of victims would likely rise. Fires broke out in the Ukrainian city of Synelnykove after the strikes hit more than a dozen private houses, he added, while a five-story residential building was damaged in Dnipro.

CNBC could not independently verify developments on the ground.

In a post shared via social media platform X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent his condolences to the families and friends of those targeted in the attack. He also renewed his call for Western allies to bolster the country's ailing air defenses.

Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk on Friday said the country shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time, destroying a warplane capable of using long-range missiles.

Separately, Russia's Defense Ministry said the bomber crashed over the southern Stavropol region when it was flying back to its home airfield, state news agency RIA reported via Telegram. Russian officials said the cause of the incident was likely a "technical malfunction."

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called for the country's defense enterprise to ramp up the production of tanks, Tass state news agency reported on Friday, citing Russia's Defense Ministry.

His comments came during an inspection of Russia's production of tanks and heavy flamethrower systems at a facility in Russia's Omsk region in West Siberia.

"When we began a large-scale program