According to military information from Kiev, Russia has once again attacked Ukraine heavily with drone strikes and artillery fire. In the city of Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, a ten-year-old boy and his grandmother died in a Russian bombing of a residential building, authorities announced yesterday. The devastating Russian rocket attack on the village of Hrosa in Kharkiv the previous day, killing more than 50 people, caused international outrage.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported earlier today that the country’s anti-aircraft defenses destroyed 25 of 33 Russian drones. Southern Ukraine, including the Odessa region, was once again affected by attacks. In the Danube region, among other things, a grain silo was damaged and several trucks caught fire. There were no injuries, it was said.
According to the General Staff in Kiev, more than 110 Ukrainian cities were under Russian artillery fire. Several Russian attacks were reportedly repelled.
International horror in Hrosa attack
After the attack on Hrosa there was great horror. The Russian army is “an absolute evil,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. EU and UN representatives also condemned the attack. According to Ukrainian authorities, 52 people, including a six-year-old child, were killed by Russian rocket fire in Hrosa, not far from the city of Kupyansk.
At the time of the attack, residents were gathered in the cafe for a ceremony in memory of a deceased fellow citizen. The Russian ambassador to Austria, Dmitri Ljubinski, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Vienna over the attack.