At least 21 were killed and 38 injured in a Russian missile attack on an apartment block and recreation center in a resort town southwest of Odessa, local authorities said, the largest such toll in a single attack on the region since the war began.
A war crimes prosecutor and rescue workers in the resort town of Serhiivka look at a destroyed apartment building after it was hit by a Russian missile. At least 21 were killed and 38 injured in a Russian missile attack on an apartment block and recreation center in a resort town southwest of Odessa, local authorities said on Friday, the largest such toll in a single attack on the region since the war began.
“Terror is a common tactic of Russia,” said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “First, they cover their criminal actions with an ‘act of goodwill’ and then launch rocket attacks on our peaceful cities.” “These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilian people,” he said.
The majority of the fresh stock will be procured from defense contractors, rather than existing U.S. military supply, the Pentagon said, meaning it could take much longer to reach the battlefield. A senior defense official said the procurements could take “weeks” or “months” compared to drawing from existing stocks which can be done in a matter of days.
The Moldovan Minister of Health, Ala Nemerenco, said the Moldovan health ministry owned a children’s rehabilitation center that was hit in the attack, killing one and injuring five, all of whom lived in the building. Children were not staying at the center at the time, which was undergoing preparations to reopen following the pandemic, she said.“Those peaceful people made the days of Moldovan children more beautiful. … From the bottom of our hearts we wish them a full recovery.
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