A Russian guided bomb assault on Ukraine’s northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv hit a residential constructing and a playground on Friday, killing seven individuals and injuring no less than 77 extra, native authorities mentioned.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned a 14-year-old woman was among the many useless. Ihor Terekhov, town’s mayor, had earlier mentioned on Telegram that one baby was killed within the playground.
The 12-storey residence block caught hearth on account of the strike, the mayor mentioned. The demise toll from the assault climbed to seven when a girl’s physique was recovered from the rubble, he added in a later assertion.
About 20 of the injured have been in extreme situation, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned.
One finish of the block was engulfed in black smoke, with most of the higher flooring in flames. A number of automobiles parked exterior have been gutted by hearth.
Emergency providers and rescue volunteers rushed to hold survivors out of the constructing. The physique of one of many victims lay beneath a carpet on the bottom exterior, surrounded by police.
Residents of all ages, a few of them coated in blood, sat surprised on benches and partitions exterior as medics attended to their accidents.
Kharkiv has been the main focus of heavy Russian bombing all through the conflict, though there had been a drop in depth in latest weeks, presumably associated to a shock incursion launched by Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk area.
