Officers stated Sunday’s assault injured 5 youngsters and broken a shopping center.
Russian missiles struck Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, injuring at the least 47 folks, together with 5 youngsters.
The assault, which started at round 1pm native time (10:00 GMT) on Sunday, hit a shopping center and a serious sports activities heart within the northeastern metropolis, not removed from the Russian border.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated the Saltysky and Nemeshliansky districts had been beneath assault, and the prosecutor normal stated Russia used Iskander missiles.
Among the many injured had been seven youngsters, the youngest solely three months outdated.
“There are a number of folks in very critical situation,” the mayor stated, in response to Ukrainian Pravda newspaper.
He added that rescue groups and ambulances responding to the decision had been additionally attacked.
“The enemy launched a shameless repeated assault on our metropolis… leading to accidents to medical doctors,” Terekhov stated.
The assault got here simply days after Russian weapons struck an residence constructing within the metropolis and sparked a fireplace that killed at the least seven folks and injured dozens extra.
After Sunday’s assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his enchantment to Ukraine’s Western allies to permit the nation to make use of weapons towards targets deeper inside Russia. Zelensky believes that this transfer will enable Ukraine to extra successfully scale back Russia’s army menace.
“All essential forces on this planet have to be mobilized to cease this terrorist assault,” Zelensky stated on his Telegram channel after officers stated the assault concerned at the least 10 missiles.
“It doesn’t require extraordinary power, however it does require leaders who’ve sufficient braveness — braveness to offer Ukraine what it must defend itself.”
Pictures and movies from the scene confirmed rescue employees and volunteers finishing up injured folks from collapsed buildings. Many had been coated in mud and their garments had been torn.
Damaged glass and particles littered the bottom as folks fled to subway stations for security.
Russia launched the assault on Sunday, hours after it stated it had intercepted greater than 150 drones over its territory that it stated had been a part of a “large-scale” assault in Ukraine.
Russia final week launched probably the most violent airstrikes of the battle in Ukraine, focusing on the nation’s vitality grid.
Moscow denies focusing on civilians and says damaging Ukraine’s vitality methods is a reliable army aim. Since Russia started its full-scale invasion in February 2022, its drone and missile strikes have killed 1000’s of civilians.
Zelensky stated that final week alone, Russia used 160 missiles, 780 guided aerial bombs and 400 assault drones towards cities and troopers throughout Ukraine.
He referred to as on Telegram to “make selections on long-range strikes from Russia on missile launch websites, the destruction of Russian army logistics, and the joint taking pictures down of missiles and drones.”
