Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills at least six
Russian strikes killed at least six people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local officials said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had dropped a guided bomb on the city and reiterated his call for Western allies to allow long-range attacks on Russian military air bases. Later Friday, Ukrainian strikes on Russia's Belgorod border region killed at least five and wounded 37, the region's governor said.
A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground, killing six people and injuring at least 55 more, local authorities said.
Ihor Terekhov, the city's mayor, said on Telegram one child was killed in the playground. Three people were killed in the 12-storey apartment block that caught fire as a result of the strike, he said.
About 20 of the injured were in severe condition, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
One end of the block was engulfed in black smoke, with many of the upper floors in flames. Several cars parked outside were gutted by fire.
Emergency services and rescue volunteers rushed to carry survivors out of the building. The body of one of the victims lay under a carpet on the ground outside, surrounded by police.
Residents of all ages, some of them covered in blood, sat stunned on benches and walls outside as medics attended to their injuries.
The authorities did not give the circumstances in which the two other people died in the strikes, which hit four areas of the city.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters)
Read more on FRANCE 24 English
Read also:
Ukraine’s army chief says forces still advancing in Russia’s Kursk region
US condemns 'outrageous' Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine power grid
Ukraine’s Russia incursion gamble leaves enemy in shock, allies guessing
