A destroyed automotive is seen in entrance of a residential constructing that was closely bombed by Russian forces. Archive | Picture credit score: AP
Russian forces attacked a residential constructing in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, early Thursday (October 31, 2024), killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring dozens of individuals.
Regional chief Oleh Syniehubov stated the boy was fatally wounded when the constructing was hit by a 500 kg (1,100 pound) Russian glide bomb.
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“He was free of below the rubble with critical head accidents and fractures,” Syniehubov wrote on his messaging app channel. “Medical doctors carried out resuscitation measures for greater than half an hour. Sadly, it was not doable to save lots of the kid.”
Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated no less than 35 folks had been injured within the assault and others should be trapped below the rubble, together with a lacking 15-year-old boy.
Russia has more and more used extra highly effective gliding bombs to hit Ukrainian positions alongside the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) line of contact and assault cities dozens of kilometers (miles) from the entrance line. Kharkiv, a metropolis of 1.1 million folks, is about 30 kilometers (lower than 20 miles) from the border.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly urged the US to permit Ukraine to make use of long-range American missiles to assault deeper air bases in Russia which might be utilized by planes carrying gliding bombs. Up to now, Washington has solely allowed a couple of assaults close to the border.
Zelenskyy reiterated his demand on Thursday (Oct. 31), posting a video exhibiting the constructing devastated, with no less than three of its flooring destroyed and the remainder severely broken.
“Companions see what occurs on daily basis,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. “And below these circumstances, every of their delayed choices means no less than dozens, if not lots of, of these Russian bombs in opposition to Ukraine. Your choices are the lifetime of our folks. Subsequently, collectively we should cease Russia and achieve this with all doable power.”
Early Thursday, Russia additionally fired 10 missiles of varied varieties on the Dniester estuary bridge connecting the northern and southern elements of the Odessa area, Ukraine’s air power stated. Nonetheless, solely two of them had been intercepted. The air power didn’t say whether or not the bridge was hit.
Russian forces additionally fired 43 explosive drones over no less than 9 areas of Ukraine; 17 had been shot down, 23 had been jammed and three had been flown again to Russian-controlled territories, the air power stated.
The pinnacle of kyiv’s metropolis administration, Serhii Popko, stated particles from a few of the drones that had been intercepted over the capital fell within the Podil district, simply north of town middle, inflicting minor harm. In response to Popko, there was solely in the future in October when kyiv residents didn’t hear an air alert. Up to now in October, kyiv has heard two air alerts per day on common, repelling 20 precise airstrikes in opposition to town.
Ukraine retaliated Thursday with drone strikes.
Authorities within the Russian-occupied metropolis of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov reported a drone assault on the port early Thursday and stated three folks had been injured.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated air defenses shot down 21 Ukrainian drones in a number of areas and within the Black Sea on Thursday.
Revealed – October 31, 2024 04:51 pm IST
