Russian bomb hits residential building in Ukraine's 2nd largest city, killing 12-year-old boy

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces struck a residential building successful Ukraine's second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv early Thursday, sidesplitting a 12-year-old boy and injuring scores of others.

Regional caput Oleh Syniehubov said nan boy was fatally injured erstwhile nan building was deed by a Russian 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) glide bomb.

“He was freed from nether nan rubble pinch terrible caput injuries and fractures," Syniehubov wrote connected his messaging app channel. "Doctors performed resuscitation measures for much than half an hour. Unfortunately, it was not imaginable to prevention nan child.”

Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that astatine slightest 35 group suffered injuries successful nan onslaught and others could beryllium still trapped nether nan rubble, including a missing 15-year-old boy.

Russia has progressively utilized powerful glide bombs to pummel Ukrainian positions on nan 1,000-kilometer (600-miles) statement of interaction and onslaught cities dozens of kilometers (miles) from nan frontline. Kharkiv, a metropolis of 1.1 million, is astir 30 kilometers (less than 20 miles) from border.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly urged nan United States to let Ukraine to usage long-range American missiles to onslaught aerial bases deeper successful Russia that are utilized by aicraft carrying glide bombs. Washington truthful acold only has allowed immoderate strikes adjacent to nan border.

Zelenskyy repeated his request Thursday, publishing a video showing nan ravaged building, astatine slightest 3 of its floors destroyed and nan remainder of it earnestly damaged.

“Partners spot what is happening each day," Zelenskyy wrote connected Telegram. "And nether these conditions, each of their delayed decisions intends astatine slightest dozens, if not hundreds of specified Russian bombs against Ukraine. Their decisions are nan lives of our people. Therefore, we must together extremity Russia and do it pinch each imaginable force.”

Early Thursday, Russia besides fired 10 missiles of various types astatine nan Dniester Estuary span that connects nan bluish and confederate parts of Odesa region, Ukraine's aerial unit said, adding that only 2 of them were intercepted. The aerial unit didn't opportunity whether nan span was hit.

Russian forces besides fired 43 exploding drones complete astatine slightest 9 Ukrainian regions; 17 were changeable down, 23 jammed and 3 flew backmost to Russian-controlled territories, nan aerial unit said.

The caput of nan Kyiv metropolis administration, Serhii Popko, said debris from immoderate of nan drones that were intercepted complete nan superior fell successful nan Podil territory conscionable northbound of nan downtown, causing insignificant damage. According to Popko, location was only 1 time of October erstwhile Kyiv residents did not perceive an aerial alert. So acold successful October, Kyiv heard 2 aerial alerts per time connected average, repelling 20 existent aerial attacks targeting nan city.

Ukraine struck backmost Thursday pinch drone attacks.

Authorities successful nan Russia-occupied metropolis of Berdyansk connected nan Sea of Azov reported a drone onslaught connected nan larboard early Thursday, saying 3 group were injured.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said aerial defenses connected Thursday downed 21 Ukrainian drones complete respective regions and nan Black Sea.