{"id":878,"date":"2024-08-30T20:52:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=878"},"modified":"2024-08-30T20:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:52:17","slug":"russian-strike-on-kharkiv-playground-kills-14-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/russian-strike-on-kharkiv-playground-kills-14-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Strike On Kharkiv Playground Kills 14-Year-Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian airstrike has hit a playground in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing a 14-year-old girl, according to local officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than five other people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks, which also hit a residential building in the town near the Russian border.<\/span><\/p>\n

Footage showed flames and thick black smoke billowing from the top of the building as firefighters pulled people to safety.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Responding, President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed calls to all foreign partners of Ukraine to allow them to attack targets in Russia to prevent such attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attacks came just hours before Zelensky fired the head of his air force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, is about 35 km from the Russian border and has been frequently targeted by Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Telegram that more than 59 people were injured, including 20 seriously and some requiring amputation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine children were also injured in the attacks, he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zelensky said Russia had targeted “ordinary” people and that the attacks could have been avoided if Ukraine “had the ability to destroy Russian military aircraft at its bases”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is an absolutely legitimate need. There is no rational reason to limit Ukraine\u2019s defence,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Western allies of Ukraine have refused in part to allow the use of their weapons to attack Russian territory for fear of an escalation of the conflict.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK has given permission for the use of most of the equipment it has supplied Ukraine to attack Russia, keeping an exception for long-range Storm Shadow missiles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, the United States permitted Ukraine to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region and only to retaliate against Russian forces striking or preparing to strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

It continues to refuse permission to strike further into Russian territory.\u00a0 “We need long-range capabilities and\u00a0 full implementation of air defense agreements for Ukraine.” “These are life-saving measures,” Zelensky said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her reaction to Friday’s attacks, the US ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said: “Our thoughts are with the people of Kharkiv as rescue operations are underway.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Russia must be held accountable for these war crimes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: BBC News<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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