One of the most intense attacks to hit Kharkivpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time
Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent, reporting from Kyiv
Image source, ReutersThis may not have been the deadliest attack on Kharkiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion, but it was certainly one of the most intense.
According to the mayor, around 50 drones, four guided aerial bombs and one missile were launched at the city in the course of just 90 minutes, shortly before dawn.
Apartment blocks and private homes were among the buildings hit. At least three people were killed.
Yesterday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Western leaders who allowed this to keep happening were guilty of complicity.
He’s clearly frustrated by US President Donald Trump, who has yet to show any real willingness to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.
The Kremlin says its actions are a response to what it calls recent acts of Ukrainian terrorism.
Speaking to journalists on board Air Force One late on Friday, Trump said last weekend’s dramatic Ukrainian assault on Russian airbases had, in his words, given Putin a reason to go in and “bomb the hell out of them”.
