A Russian missile attack killed at least four people and injured at least seven others in the southern-central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, according to officials.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, condemned the attack on Telegram.

“Each such terrorist attack is another reminder of who we are dealing with. Russia will not stop on its own — it can only be stopped by joint pressure,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

The attack also damaged an educational facility and two five-story buildings, officials said.

VOA was unable to independently verify the reports.

On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that Ukraine on Thursday had launched an attack on Russia’s Belgorod region with six U.S.-made ATACMS missiles.

The ministry said all the missiles had been intercepted but that Russia would nonetheless retaliate.

The Kremlin has said it will respond every time Ukraine uses ATACMS or British Storm Shadow cruise missiles to attack Russia.

Kyiv first used those weapons to strike Russia in November after Washington and London gave Ukraine permission to do so.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, German Chancellor Olah Scholz said.

Friday that he does not expect the United States to halt military aid to Ukraine after

President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20.

“We can therefore hope that good cooperation between Europe and the USA will continue to be successful in the future, including on the issue of support for Ukraine,” Scholz said. “I don’t expect the U.S. to stop supporting Ukraine in its defense.”

Trump has previously said he would be able to stop the war in Ukraine in one day, but he has not specified how he would do so.

Trump aides recently said the new plan is to end the war within the first 100 days of the administration.

Some information in this report came from Reuters and Agence France-Presse.