Zelenskyy vows retaliation for attack that killed seven people

Zelenskyy vows retaliation for attack that killed seven people
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Sunday a stern retaliation to the Russian missile strike within the centre of the northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv that killed seven folks and wounded over 100 others the day earlier than.

“I am sure our soldiers will respond to Russia for this terrorist attack. Respond tangibly,” Zelenskyy stated in a video handle revealed within the early hours of Sunday on the finish of a go to to Sweden, his first overseas journey since attending a NATO summit in Lithuania final month.

He named a six-year-old lady, Sofia, as among the many useless within the assault and confirmed that the wounded included 15 kids.

An injured man walks in Krasna square with the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre in the background, after a Russian attack, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
An injured man walks in Krasna sq. with the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre within the background, after a Russian assault, in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The governor of the Chernihiv area, Vyacheslav Chaus, stated on Sunday that the full variety of folks wounded had risen to 148.

Further east, Russian forces shelled the town of Kupiansk on Sunday morning, significantly wounding a person, in line with Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.

Meanwhile, in Russia, 5 folks have been wounded when a Ukrainian drone hit a practice station within the metropolis of Kursk, regional Gov Roman Starovoit stated early on Sunday.

Kursk is the capital of the western area of the identical identify, which borders Ukraine.

A bloody scene after an attack in the city's center killed 7, injuring 129 people in Chernihiv, Ukraine on August 19, 2023. The late morning missile attack was aimed at the Chernihiv Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater damaging many buildings surrounding it. The theatre was hosting a gathering of drone manufacturers.
A bloody scene after an assault within the metropolis’s centre killed 7, injuring 129 folks in Chernihiv, Ukraine on August 19, 2023. The late morning missile assault was aimed on the Chernihiv Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater damaging many buildings surrounding it. The theatre was internet hosting a gathering of drone producers. (Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

According to Starovoit, the drone crashed into the roof of the railway station constructing, with a hearth subsequently breaking out on the roof.

Russian air defence jammed a drone flying in direction of Moscow early on Sunday inflicting it to crash.

Russia’s Defence Ministry referred to as it “an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack”.

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Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports briefly suspended flights, but no victims or damage were reported.

Ukrainian authorities, which generally avoid commenting on attacks on Russian soil, didn’t say whether it launched the attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife Olena meet Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at Stenhammar Palace in Flen, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife Olena meet Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at Stenhammar Palace in Flen, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via REUTERS)

Drone strikes on the Russian border regions are a fairly regular occurrence.

Drone attacks deeper inside Russian territory have been on the rise since a drone was destroyed over the Kremlin in early May.

Successful strikes have uncovered the vulnerabilities of Moscow’s air defence programs.

Source: www.9news.com.au