٠٠:٠٠:١٨Mandatory credit: President Volodymyr Zelensky's Official Telegram Channel
Thick black smoke and fires were seen in Kharkov on Friday. Footage as posted on the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's social media channel shows the view from a high-rise window, with clouds of smoke and fires in a number of vehicles.
Ukrainian officials claimed that five people had lost their lives, including a 14-year-old girl in a playground. Zelensky himself alleged that Moscow had dropped what he called a 'guided bomb' and added that 'we need long-range capabilities'.
He has repeatedly demanded that NATO allies lift restrictions on weaponry to allow strikes with weaponry deep inside Russia, with many reportedly concerned about 'escalation'. There are also ongoing divisions between allies over Ukraine's use of NATO weaponry during its attack on Kursk.
Moscow has repeatedly and strongly insisted that its strikes target military-linked sites and never civilian sites or infrastructure. It had not commented on the alleged strike or Zelensky's claims at time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Thick black smoke, fire in Kharkov as Zelensky blames 'guided bomb', calls for allies to allow 'long-range' strikes on Russia
Thick black smoke and fires were seen in Kharkov on Friday. Footage as posted on the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's social media channel shows the view from a high-rise window, with clouds of smoke and fires in a number of vehicles.
Ukrainian officials claimed that five people had lost their lives, including a 14-year-old girl in a playground. Zelensky himself alleged that Moscow had dropped what he called a 'guided bomb' and added that 'we need long-range capabilities'.
He has repeatedly demanded that NATO allies lift restrictions on weaponry to allow strikes with weaponry deep inside Russia, with many reportedly concerned about 'escalation'. There are also ongoing divisions between allies over Ukraine's use of NATO weaponry during its attack on Kursk.
Moscow has repeatedly and strongly insisted that its strikes target military-linked sites and never civilian sites or infrastructure. It had not commented on the alleged strike or Zelensky's claims at time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: President Volodymyr Zelensky's Official Telegram Channel
Thick black smoke and fires were seen in Kharkov on Friday. Footage as posted on the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's social media channel shows the view from a high-rise window, with clouds of smoke and fires in a number of vehicles.
Ukrainian officials claimed that five people had lost their lives, including a 14-year-old girl in a playground. Zelensky himself alleged that Moscow had dropped what he called a 'guided bomb' and added that 'we need long-range capabilities'.
He has repeatedly demanded that NATO allies lift restrictions on weaponry to allow strikes with weaponry deep inside Russia, with many reportedly concerned about 'escalation'. There are also ongoing divisions between allies over Ukraine's use of NATO weaponry during its attack on Kursk.
Moscow has repeatedly and strongly insisted that its strikes target military-linked sites and never civilian sites or infrastructure. It had not commented on the alleged strike or Zelensky's claims at time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.