KYIV: Six individuals have been killed and no less than 14 injured in a Russian missile assault that hit a postal distribution centre within the war-devastated northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
“Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta centre – an abnormal civilian object,” President Volodymyr Zelenksiy mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
He posted a video displaying s constructing with home windows blown out and building supplies strewn about, with pink vans with Nova Poshta written in Ukrainian in entrance of it.
Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the broader Kharkiv area of which town of Kharkiv is the executive centre, mentioned a number of of the injured have been in severe situation in hospital.
These killed and injured have been workers of the postal centre, Synehubov mentioned on Telegram. Police mentioned the employees didn’t have time to run to the shelter, as a result of the siren sounded a second earlier than influence.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the stories. There was no fast remark from Russia. Either side deny focusing on civilians within the conflict that Russia launched in opposition to its neighbour in February 2022.
Kharkiv, Ukraine‘s second-largest metropolis, was devastated within the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
RESISTANCE IN AVDIIVKA
Additional south within the east, Ukraine has been attempting to cease a brand new push by Russian forces to achieve extra territory there, amid Kyiv’s gradual and gruelling counteroffensive that has continued for months.
Moscow’s drive to seize the city of Avdiivka encountered fierce resistance on Saturday, Ukraine’s army mentioned, with defences bolstered by fortifications erected almost a decade in the past.
“The enemy is turning into extra energetic, however is incurring heavy losses,” Normal Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukraine’s troops within the south, mentioned on Telegram.
Russia’s Defence Ministry, in its night report, made no point out of Avdiivka, however reported strikes on areas outdoors Bakhmut, a city seized by Moscow’s forces in Could after months of battles. Each cities are within the jap Donetsk area.
Avdiivka, a watchword in Ukraine for resistance, has withstood enemy assaults for months. Video footage reveals buildings in ruins and streets barely distinguishable.
The city was briefly captured in 2014 by Russian-backed separatists who seized massive swathes of jap Ukraine, however was retaken by Ukrainian forces who constructed stable fortifications.
“We now have concrete fortifications … outdoors town,” army analyst Pavel Norozhnyi informed nationwide tv. “(Russian forces) want heavy artillery and anti-tank missiles to destroy each stronghold.”
The Institute for the Research of Struggle, a US think-tank, mentioned Russian troops had “marginally superior” close to Avdiivka.
“Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta centre – an abnormal civilian object,” President Volodymyr Zelenksiy mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
He posted a video displaying s constructing with home windows blown out and building supplies strewn about, with pink vans with Nova Poshta written in Ukrainian in entrance of it.
Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the broader Kharkiv area of which town of Kharkiv is the executive centre, mentioned a number of of the injured have been in severe situation in hospital.
These killed and injured have been workers of the postal centre, Synehubov mentioned on Telegram. Police mentioned the employees didn’t have time to run to the shelter, as a result of the siren sounded a second earlier than influence.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the stories. There was no fast remark from Russia. Either side deny focusing on civilians within the conflict that Russia launched in opposition to its neighbour in February 2022.
Kharkiv, Ukraine‘s second-largest metropolis, was devastated within the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
RESISTANCE IN AVDIIVKA
Additional south within the east, Ukraine has been attempting to cease a brand new push by Russian forces to achieve extra territory there, amid Kyiv’s gradual and gruelling counteroffensive that has continued for months.
Moscow’s drive to seize the city of Avdiivka encountered fierce resistance on Saturday, Ukraine’s army mentioned, with defences bolstered by fortifications erected almost a decade in the past.
“The enemy is turning into extra energetic, however is incurring heavy losses,” Normal Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukraine’s troops within the south, mentioned on Telegram.
Russia’s Defence Ministry, in its night report, made no point out of Avdiivka, however reported strikes on areas outdoors Bakhmut, a city seized by Moscow’s forces in Could after months of battles. Each cities are within the jap Donetsk area.
Avdiivka, a watchword in Ukraine for resistance, has withstood enemy assaults for months. Video footage reveals buildings in ruins and streets barely distinguishable.
The city was briefly captured in 2014 by Russian-backed separatists who seized massive swathes of jap Ukraine, however was retaken by Ukrainian forces who constructed stable fortifications.
“We now have concrete fortifications … outdoors town,” army analyst Pavel Norozhnyi informed nationwide tv. “(Russian forces) want heavy artillery and anti-tank missiles to destroy each stronghold.”
The Institute for the Research of Struggle, a US think-tank, mentioned Russian troops had “marginally superior” close to Avdiivka.
