- Officials also confirmed that 10 others sustained injuries in the attack
- Zelenskyy strongly denounced the strike and urged the international community to respond
- Ukrainian air defence units intercepted 19 of the missiles and shot down 453 drones
At least eight people, including two children, have lost their lives after a Russian missile struck a five-storey residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on Saturday.
Officials also confirmed that 10 others sustained injuries in the attack, Eko Hot Blog gathered.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denounced the strike and urged the international community to respond.
He revealed that Russia launched a wave of overnight assaults involving 29 missiles and about 480 drones aimed at Ukraine, with energy infrastructure in Kyiv and several central regions among the targets.
According to initial reports, Ukrainian air defence units intercepted 19 of the missiles and shot down 453 drones.
However, nine missiles and 26 attack drones still managed to hit 22 locations across the country, causing varying levels of destruction.
In Kharkiv, rescue teams searched through the debris of the damaged apartment block in an effort to find possible survivors.
Among those killed were a primary school teacher and her young son, a second-grade pupil, who died inside their apartment.
Another victim was an eighth-grade student who was killed alongside her mother, according to city mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The regional prosecutor’s office stated that the residential building was struck by a newly developed Russian cruise missile identified as Izdeliye-30.
Ukrainian officials say the subsonic air-launched weapon, recently deployed by Russia, has a range of about 1,500 kilometres and features an upgraded satellite navigation system designed to resist electronic jamming.
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