Russia Russian attack hits Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine

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30.6.2024 - 17:16

dpatopbilder - ARCHIVE - A rescue worker searches with a dog for victims in a residential building damaged after a Russian bombing. At least one person has been killed in another attack and another eight people have been seriously injured. Photo: Andrii Marienko/AP/dpa
dpatopbilder - ARCHIVE - A rescue worker searches with a dog for victims in a residential building damaged after a Russian bombing. At least one person has been killed in another attack and another eight people have been seriously injured. Photo: Andrii Marienko/AP/dpa
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At least one person was killed in a Russian airstrike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday. A further eight people, including an eight-month-old baby, were seriously injured in the attack, according to Mayor Oleh Terekhov. The glide bomb exploded in the middle of the city center on a company premises. The military administrator of Kharkiv, Oleh Synjehubov, specified that a post office had been hit in the attack.

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Glide bombs are bombs that are dropped from airplanes at a great distance from the target and then guided to the target by remote control.

In recent days, the Russian military has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian cities with missile and air strikes. President Volodymyr Zelensky complained about the ongoing Russian bombing terror and once again asked the West for more help with air defense. In the past week alone, Russia had dropped 800 glide bombs over Ukraine, Selensky announced in Kiev on Sunday. He also published a video of the severe destruction and fires in the regions of Kherson, Dnipro, Odessa and Zaporizhia, among others.