14 people are still missing, writes The Kyiv Independent , citing the rescue services.
Two nine-story buildings in the city of Ternopil were attacked and the damage is extensive. One building has been destroyed from the third floor upwards, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced.
A rescue operation that has been underway since Wednesday continues.
Three of the 28 fatalities were minors. In addition, more than 90 people were injured. Ternopil residents have been urged to keep their windows closed due to health-threatening particles in the air after the large explosions.
The local authorities have declared three days of mourning in Ternopil, which before the outbreak of the great war had more than 200,000 inhabitants.
The Russian military stated on Thursday that the country's forces had captured the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine.
The information is denied by Ukraine, writes AFP.
Kupyansk is a key hub near the front. Russia captured the city on the first day of the great invasion of 2022, but it was later retaken by Ukrainian soldiers.
