On Saturday, a Russian guided bomb struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing three people and wounding 29, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to appeal for more help from Kiev’s allies.
Photos posted online showed apartment buildings in partial ruins, with shattered windows, shattered balconies and rubble scattered around a crater in the ground.
Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said three people were killed and 29 were wounded in the mid-afternoon attack. Regional Governor Ole Shnievbov said two children were among the injured, and four of the injured were in critical condition.
“This Russian terrorism with guided bombs must and can be stopped,” Zelensky wrote in Telegram.
“We need a strong determination from our partners to stop Russian terrorists and Russian military aircraft in their tracks.”
Snyevbov said rescue operations were underway. Other civilian buildings were also hit and public transport was halted.
Mayor Igor Terekhov said there had been four strikes.
Kharkiv is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Russian border. The city of 1.3 million people has been a constant target of Russian attacks throughout the nearly 28-month war.
Russia has come to rely increasingly on the use of bombs that are relatively cheap, can be dropped from afar and pose little risk to its own forces.
