According to Ukrainian authorities, a missile strike by Russia resulted in the deaths of 10 individuals in a village within Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, describing it as a brutal strike on a busy intersection in Pechenihy, Kharkiv region. The location, surrounded by residential buildings, houses a post office and stores.
Images shared by Zelenskyy depicted a demolished building, vehicles engulfed in flames, and emergency responders aiding injured individuals.
The governor of the region, Oleh Syniehubov, reported that 17 people sustained injuries in the assault.
Following the air attack in Pechenigy, Kharkiv region, a Ukrainian law enforcement officer passes by a burned-out car next to a destroyed building. (Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia has not yet issued a public response to the incident. The missile strike led to the destruction of 10 private buildings, a café, a post office, a store, and at least seven cars, as per Syniehubov.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office indicated that Russia employed two small Banderol cruise missiles in the assault.
A local official informed public broadcaster Suspilne that the strike primarily targeted the central area of the village, where the café, post office, and shops are situated.
Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Drone Offensive
Simultaneously, Ukraine launched 620 drones towards Moscow and its environs in the early hours of Tuesday, marking one of Kyiv’s most significant air offensives against the region, as confirmed by the capital’s mayor.
Russian forces intercepted 180 of the drones over Moscow, with emergency services tending to the crash sites, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram message, which did not detail casualties or damages.
The drones targeted a warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce company Wildberries and other facilities near Moscow, noted regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov. Several individuals, including a 10-year-old girl, sustained injuries in the region.
At a Gazpromneft petrol station in Moscow, vehicles are crowded together. Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s oil refin