Today is a day of mourning in Kharkiv after the air attacks on this Ukrainian city in the northeast of the country, in which seven people died and nearly 100 were injured.
This was announced by the Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekov via Telegram, reports Ukrinform.
"My condolences to all those who lost relatives and loved ones. Today is a day of mourning in Kharkiv," wrote Terekhov.
Among the dead was a 14-year-old girl named Sofia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, promising that Russia will "answer for all its crimes."
Two civilians were killed and eight others injured in a Russian bombing of a village in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
The regional governor of Kharkiv, Oleg Sinyukhov, said via Telegram that Russian forces hit the village of Cherkassy Lozova with guided bombs. The residential building was damaged.
At least five people were killed when the Russians shelled Chasiv Yar this morning, announced the head of the military administration of the Donetsk region, Vadim Filashkin.
"The attack hit a private house and a residential building, in which men between the ages of 24 and 38 were killed," he wrote on Telegram.
As reported by Ukrinform, the head of the area also called on residents to evacuate in light of this latest attack.
Russian forces have taken control of the village of Kirovo in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the defense ministry said on Saturday.
A Reuters report said Russia is making gradual gains in the area as Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after launching a surprise cross-border attack on August 6.
Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia claims to have annexed, although it does not fully control all of them, which Kiev and the West consider illegal. In a statement released via Telegram on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down 24 of 52 drones during nighttime strikes in eight regions across Ukraine.
Reuters reports that 25 Shahed drones crashed due to technical problems, while three others were flying towards Russia and Belarus. There were no reports of injuries in the attacks or of any major damage.
In Kiev, the alert lasted for about four hours, and the city was hit by the fourth drone attack this week. All drones targeting the city were shot down and no major damage was reported, Kyiv city officials said.
Ukrainian air defenses also shot down drones in the Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions in central Ukraine, in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the north, and in the Mykolaiv region in the south.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia: We condemn the brutal terrorist attack on Belgorod
The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack that killed five people and injured 46 others in the city of Belgorod on Friday.
Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that 37 people were taken to the hospital, including seven children.
"Once again, we call on all responsible governments and relevant international structures to strongly condemn this brutal terrorist attack and to publicly distance themselves from the regime in Kiev and its Western tutors who commit such crimes," the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
The ministry added that Russia's "special military operation" will continue until it achieves all goals, including the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine.
In recent months, Ukraine has carried out frequent attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions.
Russia has lost almost 620.000 soldiers since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the Guardian.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Friday that 614.950 Russian soldiers had died, including 1.360 casualties in the last 24 hours.
This report, carried by the Kyiv Independent, also confirms that Russia has lost 8.582 tanks, 16.736 armored fighting vehicles and 23.825 vehicles and fuel tanks since the invasion began.
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