Russia’s missile strikes in Ukraine have left at least 11 people dead

At least eleven people have died when Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine.

Sunday saw attacks on neighboring towns by Russian missiles, coupled with strikes on a well-known lakeside resort close to Ukraine’s second-largest city, that left at least 11 people dead and numerous others injured.

The assaults are a part of the Russian aggression that has been going on for a few weeks in the northeastern Ukrainian area of Kharkiv, where Russian troops have been conducting offensive operations.

With her home damaged and a nearby bustling restaurant destroyed, Valentyna, 69, at the lakeside vacation area, had just lost her spouse to the water and had blood streaming down her face.

“To lose my husband, to lose my house, to lose everything in the world, it hurts, it hurts me. They (the Russians) are animals; why do they need to kill people?” she asked, gesturing to the missile strike area.

There were two missile strikes. Six people died, 27 were hurt, and one went missing in the initial hit. The second strike, which went after emergency personnel on the scene, happened 20 minutes later.

Yaroslav Trofimko was a police inspector who became involved in the second strike after arriving at the scene of the first.

“It was Sunday, people were supposed to be resting, enjoying a normal way of life; children were supposed to be here, pregnant women were supposed to be here, there were never any soldiers here.”

Later in the day, two villages in the Kupiansk region saw five further dead and nine injuries. The local governor, Oleh Syniehubov, claimed that Russian forces were using a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher to target the two villages.

Later in the day, in two villages in the Kupiansk district, there were five further deaths and nine injuries. Oleh Syniehubov, the local governor, reported that Russian forces used a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher to bombard two villages in the district.

In order to safeguard Kharkiv and other urban centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with Western partners to give Kyiv additional air defense systems.

“The world can stop Russian terror and to do so, the lack of political will among leaders must be overcome,” he wrote on Telegram.

“Two Patriots for Kharkiv will make a fundamental difference,” he continued.