The moment a Russian bomb strikes a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Impact of several Russian projectiles on a residential area in the city of Kharkiv (north-east Ukraine) This resulted in the death of three civilians and injury of 56.According to Ukrainian authorities.

“Russian terrorists have attacked Kharkiv with re-directed aerial bombs. Unfortunately, they fell on a residential building,” the Ukrainian president wrote, Volodymyr Zelenskyon their social networks.

“My condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones,” he said.

This incident happened on Saturday and this Sunday Shocking pictures have been released of the moment a bomb struck in broad daylight and in a civilian area. Images taken by security cameras show the incident happened just after 9 a.m. local time on Saturday. Exactly You can see a woman walking, dozens of cars driving by, when suddenly a shell hits a few meters away.

He tries to quickly cross the street and gets lost in the image, while a group of people, who look visibly upset, they run away.

The blast destroyed many windows and structures at the impact site.

Regional Governor, oleg sinegubov56 people were reported injured. “Doctors are fighting for the lives of 4 patients: two women and two men, who are in critical condition.”

The dead include A woman waiting at a tram stop, a man who was at the centre of the collision site and a security guard who was a few metres awayMeanwhile, among the injured Among them are two minors, aged 12 and 13 years.

“The city has been hit four times,” the city’s mayor denounced, Igor Terezov“One of the attacks hit a dense residential area,” he said on his Telegram account.

For his part, Zelenskyy took the opportunity to call on Ukraine’s allies for a “bold decision” that would allow the destruction of Russian combat aircraft “wherever they are”, with reference to Russian territory.

“We have already shown that it is possible to save lives from the terror of missilesespecially freeing the border areas from terrorist attacks. Protection from bombs is also needed,” he said, pointing to the recent decision by Kiev’s allies to allow strikes against targets on Russian soil around Kharkiv province.

That same Saturday, Russia launched a new wave of attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and bombings in the south and east of the country, killing at least seven people, Ukrainian authorities reported this Saturday.

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry indicated that this is the eighth “major” attack against Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the past three months.

The Russian Defense Ministry gave this information An attack “from the air and sea with long-range and high-precision weapons” and with “drones”with the aim of striking “Ukrainian energy facilities fueling weapons production”.

He also said that an arsenal of weapons “provided to the Ukrainian army by Western countries” was attacked. He said, “All the set targets were achieved.”

The Ukrainian military reported this Russia launched a total of 16 missiles and 13 drones against its energy infrastructure. He reported that anti-aircraft defenses shot down all but four.

The Ukrainian energy ministry said Russian bombing “damaged equipment at Ukrenergo (electricity operator) facilities in Zaporizhia and Lviv regions.”

Russia has systematically attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure culminating in the invasion by Moscow in February 2022, causing lasting damage to critical facilities.

(With information from Reuters and AFP)