At least six killed as Russia shells Kharkiv flats: Governor

ALJAZEERA:

Ukraine’s president has condemned a Russian attack that the region’s governor said killed at least six people and wounded 16 in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, as “despicable and cynical”.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a block of flats had been “totally destroyed” in Wednesday night’s attack, which he said “had no justification and shows the powerlessness of the aggressor”.

“We will not forgive, we will take revenge”, he wrote on the Telegram app.

The raid started a fire in the building in the northeastern city, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on Telegram.

Zelenskyy’s media team shared footage of the aftermath of the attack, showing emergency services gathered outside the blazing building. A voice on the video described the scene and said many people remained unaccounted for.

“Unfortunately, the number of dead and wounded in the shelling of Saltivka district has risen to six dead and 16 injured,” regional Governor Oleg Synehubov said on Telegram.