Russia launches another mass attack on Ukraine, killing 2-year-old child.

Russian forces launched yet another large-scale missile strike against Ukraine in the early hours of April 28, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring 23 more. Ukraine's air defenses destroyed[1] 21 of the 23 X-101 and X-555 cruise missiles as well as two drones that Russia had launched using strategic Tu-95 aircraft from the Caspian Sea, according to Ukraine's Air Force. In central Ukraine's city of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, the Russian strike hit a 9-story apartment building and a warehouse.

As of 10:00 a.m. local time, ten people are known to be killed and 17 injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported[2] as the rescue operation is ongoing. The number of casualties is not final and will be updated. Russian troops hit a private house, an enterprise, and a construction base in Dnipro, killing a young woman and a two-year-old child, according to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak[3].

Four more civilians in the city were reportedly injured. Kyiv Oblast Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said on Facebook that a high-rise building in the city of Ukrainka, located some 50 kilometers south of Kyiv, was damaged[4] by the missile debris. Two people were wounded, including a 13-year-old child who was transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, according to the Interior Ministry[5].

First responders are working on the site of a Russian missile strike on Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, on April 28, 2023. (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)First responders are working on the site of a Russian missile strike on Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, on April 28, 2023. (Ukraine's Interior Ministry/Telegram)The aftermath of a Russian missile strike on an enterprise in Ukraine's city of Dnipro on April 28, 2023. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)An apartment in Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast, damaged by Russian missile debris during a mass attack on April 28, 2023. (Ukraine's Interior Ministry/Telegram)The aftermath of a Russian missile strike on Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, on April 28, 2023. (Ukraine's Interior Ministry/Telegram)

In Kyiv, local power lines in the Obolonskiy district were damaged by the attack, as well as road infrastructure.

No civilian casualties or damage to residential buildings have been reported in the city. President Volodymyr Zelensky commented[6] on the mass attack, saying that "Russian terror must receive a fair response from Ukraine and the world." "Each such attack, each evil against our country and people, only brings the terrorist state closer to failure and punishment, not the other way around, as they think.

We will not forget any crime, we will not allow any occupier to escape responsibility." Since October, Russia has carried out[7] repeated nationwide missile strikes against Ukraine that resulted in serious damage to the country's critical energy infrastructure and killed dozens of civilians. Russia's previous mass attack took place[8] on March 9, killing at least six people and injuring at least seven.

Numerous energy infrastructure sites were targeted.

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[9] Dinara Khalilova

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Dinara Khalilova is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She has previously worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News.

Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the UK.

References

  1. ^ destroyed (kyivindependent.com)
  2. ^ reported (t.me)
  3. ^ Serhii Lysak (t.me)
  4. ^ damaged (kyivindependent.com)
  5. ^ Interior Ministry (t.me)
  6. ^ commented (t.me)
  7. ^ carried out (kyivindependent.com)
  8. ^ took place (kyivindependent.com)
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