Early Friday morning, Russian forces launched a new wave of aircraft strike in Ukraine. Killing at least 12 people and damaging or destroying many buildings. The majority of the casualties were caused by a hit on high-rise apartment complexes in Uman. Where rescue attempts are still ongoing.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv, the capital, marking the first Russian attack in more than a month. A rocket component struck a residential building, injuring at least one child.
The city of Uman in central Ukraine’s Cherkasy Oblast suffered the most damage. According to Cherkasy Oblast Gov. Ihor Taburets, one of the hits hit an apartment block. Killing at least ten people, including a toddler. The attack occurred around 4:30 a.m. local time. When the majority of people would have been sleeping. A number of additional structures were also damaged or destroyed. Rescue workers are looking for survivors among the rubble.
In Dnipro, a woman and a child were killed. In Uman, south of Kyiv, where Russian rockets damaged about ten apartment buildings. At least ten people were killed, including two children. And 11 were hospitalised. Rescue efforts are now underway.
Drones strike the city several times
Tu-95 strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea region Ukraine, as well as drones, were used in the strike. According to Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi on Telegram. According to him, Ukraine’s air defences destroyed 21 of 23 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles as well as two drones. Ukrainian TV channel TSN says, explosions were heard in a number of places. Including Kremenchuk, Dnipro, Mykolayiv, Poltava, and Cherkasy.
Russia turned down a request from the US Embassy to visit imprisoned Wall Street Journal writer Evan Gershkovich on Thursday. The decision came after the United States refused to give visas to Russian journalists. For Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to New York this week to preside over the United Nations Security Council.
Moscow has not officially commented on Friday’s fatal strikes on Ukrainian cities. But the Russian defence ministry uploaded a photo of a missile launch on its Telegram account with the message “Right on Target.”
