KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian guided bomb struck a high-rise residential constructing within the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv on Sunday, injuring at the very least 30 individuals, together with three youngsters.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on the Telegram messaging app: “Rescue operations in Kharkiv proceed. Russian air strikes. An strange residential constructing, a multi-storey constructing have been broken. 9 flooring and There was hearth and rubble between the twelfth flooring.
He posted pictures of smoke and hearth billowing from the home windows of a multi-story constructing. All of the home windows have been blown out.
Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov stated civilian infrastructure was additionally broken.
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, is positioned close to the Russian border and is frequently attacked by Russian bombs, missiles and drones.
“The world should assist defend Ukraine from Russian army plane and the handfuls of guided bombs that take the lives of Ukrainians daily. Any such terror could be stopped,” Zelensky stated.
Kiev says it must be allowed to make use of extra highly effective Western-supplied weapons to trigger better injury inside Russia and weaken Moscow’s offensive capabilities.
Russia denies intentionally focusing on civilians, regardless of hundreds of deaths since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
