(Reuters) -Russian forces struck a multi-storey condo constructing in Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, Kharkiv, on Saturday night, wounding 21 individuals and prompting an evacuation of a few of its residents, Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated.
Kharkiv, 30 km (18 miles) from the Russian border, has been a frequent goal of Moscow’s assaults for the reason that Kremlin’s troops launched their February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour.
Terekhov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, stated the Russians had deployed a guided bomb and that 60 residents had been evacuated from the constructing. An 8-year-old and two 17-year-olds had been among the many wounded, he added.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the strike and repeated his name for extra weapons from Kyiv’s Western companions to defend in opposition to Russian strikes.
“Ukraine needs full long-range capabilities, and we are working to convince our partners of this,” he wrote on social media.
Additional south, a Russian drone assault killed two individuals on Saturday within the metropolis of Nikopol, the regional governor stated.
Within the japanese city of Kurakhove, one of many focal factors of Russia’s sluggish advance via the economic Donetsk area, one particular person was killed in a Russian artillery strike, regional prosecutors stated.
And native authorities in Sumy area stated Russian plane struck power infrastructure within the city of Shostka.
Sumy has been one other frequent goal of Russian assaults and lies reverse Russia’s southern Kursk area, the place Ukrainian forces launched an incursion final month.
