Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterates his name for Western allies to permit Ukraine to assault navy targets inside Russia.
At the very least one girl has been killed and 42 folks injured after a Russian-guided bomb hit a multi-storey condominium constructing in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis.
Prosecutors within the northeastern metropolis stated Sunday that the physique of a 94-year-old girl had been recovered from the ninth flooring of the constructing, which caught hearth after being hit by the bomb.
Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov stated 42 folks, together with three youngsters, had been injured when the bomb hit the tenth flooring of the constructing. The fireplace unfold to at the very least 4 flooring and 12 different buildings had been additionally broken, he added.
Following the assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated his name for Ukraine’s Western allies to permit the nation to make use of weapons towards targets inside Russia to avoid wasting lives.
“Each Russian assault of this nature, each instance of Russian terrorism, like in the present day in Kharkiv… this exhibits that there should be long-range functionality and it should be ample,” he stated.
Zelenskyy stated Russia had additionally attacked the Sumy and Donetsk areas with guided bombs on Sunday and that the Russian navy carried out “at the very least 100 such airstrikes” each day.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the nation in February 2022. Russia denies deliberately concentrating on civilians.
