As of now, more than 40 people have been injured and one killed in Kharkiv as a result of Russian airstrikes. This was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media.
‘Another brutal murder. Air strikes on civilians in the city – even a children’s railway is nearby. This makes no military sense. It is pure terrorism. And this has been going on for more than three years of full-scale war,’ he said.
Zelensky also noted that such terrorist attacks cannot be ignored. ‘We cannot turn a blind eye to this. And this is not a game. Every day we lose our people only because Russia feels impunity,’ he stressed.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, said that the 30-year-old head of Mala Pivdenna, who was appointed to the post two weeks ago, had been killed.
‘For security reasons, we do not open it [Mala Pivdenna] – we cancelled the opening, so there were no students or visitors and they are safe! It’s scary to imagine what would have happened otherwise. However, the strike took the life of the head of the institution, a young employee who had been appointed two weeks ago. Doctors are helping others,’ Pertsovsky wrote on Facebook.