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Russian strike on Ukraine apartment block kills 7 in Kharkiv – POLITICO

Russian strike on Ukraine apartment block kills 7 in Kharkiv – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Russian missiles and drones claimed the lives of at least seven people, including children, in the city of Kharkiv, as Moscow’s forces attacked civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. The overnight attacks, which involved 480 drones and 29 missiles, also caused casualties in the capital Kyiv as well as Odessa and Dnipro, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel. In Kharkiv, a Russian ballistic missile partially destroyed a residential apartment building, killing civilians, said Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian president said that emergency responders were still combing the rubble in the search of victims. Source link

Ukraine has shown how it can survive – this is what it needs to win

Ukraine has shown how it can survive – this is what it needs to win

Published by Sam Flores

I could hear the take-off detonation being filmed live and broadcast around the world in my earpiece, along with my TV colleague’s report of the Russian attack. It was the morning that Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Standing in the pre-dawn freeze on a terrace overlooking Kharkiv’s Freedom Square four years ago, it was less than a minute before I was reporting on those rockets when they exploded on impact. The skyline bulged orange, then came the concussive thump, then the cracks of the rockets exploding. They’d been fired from Russia into Ukraine’s second-biggest city. A survivor of an airstrike on an apartment complex outside Kharkiv in February 2022 (Getty) The BM-30 Smerch were among the worst. They scattered cluster bombs, spattering the city with deadly golden balls. BM-212 Grads, the old-fashioned Stalin’s Organ multiple rocket launchers, were terrifying too. They screeched from the sky in swarms, landing like spears on residential areas, killing and burning ahead of the advancing Russian infantry. Over the next couple of days, Russian troops stormed north …

Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv injures at least 25, officials say

Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv injures at least 25, officials say

Published by Sam Flores

KYIV: Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday (Jan 2), leaving the building in ruins and injuring at least 25 people, officials said. Photographs and videos posted online showed smoke ‌rising from an area of vast ‌destruction, with emergency crews making their way through rubble and large chunks of building materials. “Missile strikes in central Kharkiv have nearly destroyed a five-storey dwelling,” Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov told Ukrainian ‍television, saying that according to preliminary information, two ballistic missiles had struck the area. “Rescue teams are on site. They are primarily clearing rubble and searching ​for people underneath.” Syniehubov ‌said 25 people were injured, with 16 in hospital, including a woman in serious ​condition. Mayor Ihor Terekhov put the casualty toll at 30 ⁠injured. Located 30km ‌from the border, Kharkiv withstood Russian advances ​in the early weeks of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour. With ‍Russia’s forces focused since on capturing eastern regions of ⁠the country, the city has been a constant ​target of aerial attacks. Source …