Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Ukraine on Sat 31st August 2024

A Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground, killing seven people and injuring at least 77 more, local authorities said. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said a 14-year-old girl was among the dead. The death toll from the attack climbed to seven when a woman’s body was recovered from the rubble. About 20 of the injured were in severe condition, said the regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov. Ukrainian authorities said the attack involved five aerial guided “glide bombs” launched from planes in Russia’s Belgorod region. Zelenskiy has renewed a call on western allies to allow Ukraine to use long-range western weapons to attack Russian military airbases. “A strike … would not have happened if our defence forces had the ability to destroy Russian military aircraft where they are based,” Zelenskiy said. “There is no rational reason to restrict Ukraine’s defences.”