One person was killed and at least 41 others were injured Sunday afternoon when a Russian guided bomb hit a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the bomb hit the 10th floor of the building, and the fire spread to four floors. Prosecutors in Kharkiv said on Telegram that the body of a 94-year-old woman was recovered from the ninth floor of the building. Terekhov said that twelve other buildings were also damaged.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Sunday night that rescue operations are underway in the 12-story building. With people buried under the rubble. He said that among the 35 injured people, three children are also included. “In this single attack on Kharkiv, four aerial bombs were dropped. One hit a building in the city, and the other three hit villages in the area,” he said. Russia did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the attack, but has previously denied targeting civilians deliberately, despite killing thousands since it invaded Ukraine in 2022. is
Zelenskiy on Sunday again called for a change in the West's policy on the use of long-range weapons. He said Russia was carrying out at least 100 airstrikes per day, which is comparable to the one that hit Kharkiv. “The only way to combat this terrorism is a systemic solution — long-range capabilities to destroy Russian military aviation at its bases. That's a clear, logical solution. We've already told all our partners. has explained why Ukraine really needs substantial long-range capabilities,” he said on X.
Moscow and Kiev exchanged drone and missile strikes over the weekend. Ukraine's air force said on Sunday it shot down 10 of 14 drones and one of three missiles fired by Russia overnight. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down 29 Ukrainian drones in western and southwestern regions on Sunday night, with no damage from the debris. It also said another Ukrainian drone was shot down in the western Ryazan region on Sunday morning.
Ukrainian troops are suffering heavily because Western weapons are arriving too slowly to adequately equip the armed forces.Zielinski told CNN in an interview that aired Sunday. Russia is gaining ground in parts of eastern Ukraine, including the area around Pokrosk. Seizing the transportation hub could enable Moscow to open new lines of attack. Zelinsky said the situation in the east was “very difficult”, adding that half of Ukraine's brigades there were unequipped.
“So you lose a lot of people. You lose people because they're not in armored vehicles … they don't have artillery, they don't have artillery,” Zielinski said, speaking in English. “We need 14 brigades to be ready,” CNN said “We haven't even equipped four of these packages yet,” he said. The only thing Russian President Vladimir Putin fears is that if the war costs him, his people. “Strengthen Ukraine, and you will see that it will sit down and negotiate”.
White House national security adviser Jack Sullivan said on Saturday that Washington was working on a “substantial” new aid package for Ukraine..
Zelenskiy is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden this month and will present a plan to end the war. He said that the important elements are security and diplomatic assistance as well as military and economic assistance.