Russian missile attack kills 10 in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, officials say
Regional officials said 17 others were wounded as rescuers extinguished fires and damage spread to homes, shops and a post office.
- A Russian missile strike on the village of Pechenyhy in the Kharkiv region killed 10 people and injured 17 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, according to Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov.
- In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian drone strike killed two people late on August 17, while debris from Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in Bogorodsky near Moscow, injuring at least three including a 10-year-old girl.
- Russia warned Britain of 'consequences' for allegedly supplying drones used in strikes, though the British Ministry of Defence did not confirm the equipment's use, stating it remains committed to supporting Ukraine.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a response to the Kharkiv strike, calling on Western partners to increase pressure on Russia and support Ukraine's kinetic responses against further civilian attacks.
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The Russians fought extremely hard after the drone flood that hit Moscow on Monday night and Tuesday morning. They sent rockets to northeastern Ukraine, killing at least ten civilians. Certainly, we will respond to this Russian attack, the Kiev leader Volodimir Zelenski responded. Article Extremely harsh Russian response after the drone flood on Moscow. At least ten civilians were killed in a missile attack in the Ukrainian region Harkov appears…
The attack occurred in Petcheniguy, a town about 60 kilometres from the city of Kharkiv, said on Telegram the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegoubov. An AFP journalist on site saw the bodies of victims covered with survival blankets and firefighters working in the middle of calcined and smoking cars and buildings. "Russians violently attacked a busy crossroads" where "the post office and shops, surrounded only by residential buildings",…
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Asharq AL-awsatUkraine says Russian strike kills 10 in northeast region
The strike comes amid a surge in civilian deaths in the four-and-a-half-year war. Russian forces "carried out a rocket strike on Pechenigy", a village around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Russian border, Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov said on social media. "According to preliminary information, 10 people were killed," he added, with 18 people wounded. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that the strike hit a…
Russian missile attack kills 10 in northeast Ukraine, Zelenskiy vows response
A Russian missile strike killed ten people in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. The attack also injured at least eighteen civilians and damaged several buildings. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Kyiv would respond to the brutal Russian strike. Russia has intensified air attacks this summer, while Ukraine targets Russian infrastructure. Both nations deny deliberately targeting civilians in their military actions.
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