2023-10-06 13:32:54
A Russian bombing killed a 10-year-old child and his grandmother in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Friday October 6. “Two apartment buildings were damaged and a three-story residential building destroyed,” Interior Minister Igor Klymenko reported on Telegram. The regional governor, Oleg Synegoubov, reported at least 28 injured, including an eleven-month-old baby who is part of the same family as the two victims. Follow our live stream.
A Russian strike in Groza leaves at least 52 dead. French diplomacy condemned the Moscow strike with “the greatest firmness”. On Thursday, at least 52 people, including a child, were killed by a Russian strike in Groza, on the sidelines of the funeral of a Ukrainian soldier, according to a new report from the regional governor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a “inhumane terrorist attack” once morest this village in eastern Ukraine. “By deliberately targeting the Ukrainian civilian population, Russia is once once more guilty of atrocities constituting war crimes”added the French government.
The Kremlin claims to only strike “military targets”. After the deadly strike on Groza, Moscow “reaffirms[é] q“The Russian army does not strike civilian targets” and only aims “military targets”, according to the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov. Earlier, the UN ruled that “everything leads to believe” that a Russian missile had hit Groza.
Eight Ukrainian drones shot down. Moscow said it shot down eight Ukrainian drones in western Russia on Thursday evening, without mentioning any possible damage or injuries. For its part, kyiv claimed to have shot down, during the night from Thursday to Friday, 25 of the 33 attack drones launched by Russia across the country.
An increase in European military aid. Gathered in southern Spain around Volodymyr Zelensky, European leaders sent a signal on Thursday regarding an increase in military aid to Ukraine, amid fears of a reduction in American support due to the political crisis in Washington. The Ukrainian president said the same day that he had received “clear agreements” from the Europeans to receive more anti-aircraft systems and artillery.
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