"Our response to Russian terror will be our resilience and progress at the front": Zelensky responds to Kharkiv rocket attack
Two Russian rockets struck the center of Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv on October 6, 2023. Photo: Video grab
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the Friday morning strike, which killed a 10-year-old boy and injured more than two dozen people in Kharkiv.
"Our resilience, our movement, and the daily losses of the occupiers are the response to Russian terror," the Ukrainian leader said on X, former Twitter.
The president expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of the 10-year-old boy, whose body was found under the rubble of the destroyed apartment building.
Kharkiv, Russian strike this morning.
A child, a boy, 10 years old… My condolences to his family and loved ones!
Over 20 people have been injured. All the injured are receiving the necessary assistance.
The rescue operation is ongoing, and I thank everyone who is helping our… pic.twitter.com/gfgAdsSq7N— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 6, 2023
The latest data revealed that 27 people were injured due to the attack. All victims are provided with assistance. The rescue operation is ongoing.
"I am grateful to everyone who helps our people," Zelensky said. "I also express my gratitude to all our warriors who, despite everything, are moving forward, defeating the occupiers, and bringing justice for Russian crimes closer."
What we know about Russia's Friday rocket attack on Kharkiv
Russian troops launched rocket attacks Friday on the center of Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv. The impacts were recorded in the Kyivskyi and Osnovianskyi city districts. Russian rockets damaged two multi-apartment buildings and destroyed a three-story residential building.
First responders continue dismantling the debris of destroyed buildings. Mayor Terekhov said that a child may be under the ruins of a building hit by the Russian strike. During the rescue operation, a dead child was later found and retrieved from under the rubble.
Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Dmytro Chubenko told Ukrinform that 20 people had turned to medical facilities for help with mostly shrapnel wounds from broken glass, bruises, and wounds from stones, bricks, and glass falling on them.
Later, the number of wounded increased to 23. The Kharkiv prosecutor's office reports that among them is an 11-month-old child.
Photo: Video grab
The Khakiv residents woke up to the explosions and the sound of the siren simultaneously. The mayor suggested that the type of rocket Russian forces used to attack the city was "Iskander," which arrives quickly and gives very little time to react.
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Later, the national police in the Kharkiv region said the initial information indicates that the Russian forces used Iskander missiles. The prosecutor's spokesperson, Dmytro Chubenko, however, said that the investigation hadn't found out yet what weapons the Russians used.
"As for the types of missiles that were used, given the nature and scale of the destruction, it is a cruise or ballistic missile, the type of which is being determined by specialists," Chubenko said.
Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson, Colonel Yurii Ihnat, said to wait for the conclusions of the experts about the type of rockets.
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Photo: Telegram / Office of the Prosecutor General
Earlier, the Air Force recorded three groups of Russian attack drones in the sky over Ukraine, announcing an air alert in several Ukrainian regions. Ukraine's air defense downed 25 out of 33 Russian Shahed-131/136.
