Russia accused of ‘war crimes’ after Ukrainian blood clinic bombing
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olodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of warfare crimes after a Ukrainian blood clinic was bombed on Saturday evening.
MrZelensky mentioned a guided aerial bomb hit the transfusion facility in Kupiansk within the japanese Kharkiv area in a single day following a wave of Russian missile strikes. Kupiansk is a railway hub fewer than 16km (10 miles) from the entrance.
“There are dead and wounded,” he mentioned on his Telegram channel.
Mr Zelensky described the strike as a “war crime.” He didn’t say how many individuals have been killed or wounded.
Smoke and flames rise after a Russian-guided aerial bomb allegedly hit a blood transfusion middle
/ by way of REUTERSPhotos posted on-line by Ukraine’s defence ministry confirmed the blood centre engulfed in flames.
Mr Zelensky wrote on-line: “This war crime alone says everything about Russian aggression. Beasts that destroy everything that simply allows (us) to live.
“Defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone who values life.”
It comes as Russia launched a wave of overnight strikes on Ukraine.
Russia used 70 air-assault weapons together with cruise and hypersonic missiles and Iranian-made drones, Kyiv’s Air Force mentioned on Sunday.
The Air Force mentioned on the Telegram messaging channel that Ukraine‘s air defence destroyed 30 out of 40 cruise missiles and all 27 of the Shahed drones that Russia launched overnight.
“In total, in several waves of attacks, from the evening of Aug 5 to the morning of Aug 6, 2023, the enemy used 70 means of air assault weapons,” the Air Force said.
It was not immediately clear whether there was any damage from the overnight attack or what happened to the 10 cruise missiles that were not shot down.
Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told the national Ukrainian broadcaster that one of the key targets for Russia’s in a single day assault was the Khmelnytskiy area.
“Now, it is the Starokostiantyniv airfield that haunts the enemy,” Ihnat mentioned.
Russia had earlier focused the Starokostiantyniv navy airfield within the Khmelnytskiy area on the finish of July.
Russia additionally claimed to have shot down two drone in a single day within the Karachevskyi district within the Bryansk area, Alexander Bogomaz.