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Russian bombing on several Ukrainian regions, including Kharkiv, killed at least four people and injured 28 others, prompting Kiev to demand to obtain more Patriot air defense systems from its Western allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again called on his Western allies to “accelerate the delivery” of F-16 fighter jets to his country, in addition to Patriot systems.
“Strengthening Ukraine’s air defense and accelerating the delivery of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine are vital tasks,” he wrote on social media.
He added, “There is no logical justification to explain why Patriot missiles, of which there are many around the world, do not cover the skies of Kharkiv and other cities and towns attacked by Russian terrorists.”
In Kharkiv, which had a population of about one and a half million people before the war, Russian strikes on civilian sites led to the death of at least one person and the injury of 19 others, including four children, according to local authorities.
The region’s governor, Oleg Sinigubov, explained, “Today the enemy struck Kharkiv with a heavy-caliber guided missile for the first time.”
Kharkiv is located on Russia’s northern border and is regularly exposed to fire from Russian forces.
In the village of Burova, a 12-year-old boy was killed in a Russian strike on Wednesday evening, according to what the local prosecutor’s office reported, but it was not immediately clear what type of weapon was used to direct this strike.
Sinigubov said earlier that four people were injured in night strikes and a drone attack on the area.
Two other people were killed on Wednesday in Russian strikes on other Ukrainian regions.
The governor of the Kherson region (south) announced that a 61-year-old woman was killed in her home in a drone attack on the village of Mikhailivka, located on the bank of the Dnipro River.
Another person was killed by artillery fire in the town of Nikopol, located in the southeast of the country, according to what was announced by the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Sergei Lysak.
Also, eight civilians were injured in the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine by a ballistic missile attack, according to mayor Alexander Sienkevich.
2024-04-04 11:42:02