Russian Attack Kills Child In Kharkiv, Ukraine Says

Russia launched new drone and missile strike on Ukraine early on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy in the North-Eastern city of Kharkiv and damaging grain and port infrastructure in the Odesa region in the south, Ukrainian officials have said.

A drone attack damaged a grain silo in the Izmail district of the Odesa region, Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said.

The attacks followed a Russian missile strike on Thursday in which Ukrainian officials said 51 people were killed in a village in North-Eastern Ukraine during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier.

In the latest strikes, Ukrainian Air Defence shot down 25 of 33 drones launched by Russia from the annexed Crimea peninsular, the Air Force said in a statement.

In a separate strike on the city of Kharkiv, 16 people were wounded in addition to the 10-year boy who was killed, Regional Governor Oleh Synehubov said.

An 11-month-old baby was among the injured, he said, and houses and cars were damaged.

Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians, but many have been killed in attacks that have hit residential areas as well as energy, defence, port, grain and other facilities.

REUTERS