Two Russian missiles hit central Kharkiv on Saturday injuring at least 21 people Ukrainian officials said in the latest in a recent series of back-and
Two Russian missiles hit central Kharkiv on Saturday, injuring at least 21 people, Ukrainian officials said, in the latest in a recent series of back-and-forth air assaults.
Russia’s attacks on Kharkiv came after Ukrainian airstrikes earlier Saturday hit the Russian city of Belgorod, which sits just over the border with Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said at least 21 people – including two children – were killed and at least 108 injured in Saturday’s Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod.
Russia requested a meeting Saturday of the United Nations Security Council on what it called Ukraine’s indiscriminate attacks on Belgorod and alleged Ukraine had used cluster bombs.
‘This crime will not go unpunished,’ Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on social media.
Security Council meets
The United Nations Security Council met Friday at the request of Ukraine and three dozen other U.N. member states. Security Council members condemned Russia’s barrage.
Drone attacks on cities in western Russia have been common since May. Russian officials blame Ukraine, but officials in Kyiv rarely claim responsibility for any of the attacks.
‘The terrorist attack in Belgorod will be the subject of proceedings in the U.N. Security Council. Russia has requested a meeting of the Security Council,’ Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, according to the state-run RIA news agency.
No official comment was immediately available from Kyiv, but the Ukrainian news outlet RBC-Ukraine quoted unnamed sources as saying Ukrainian forces hit military targets in Belgorod in retaliation to the massive Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities Friday.
