Kharkiv: Russian pounded Kharkiv with missiles on Thursday, killing seven people in a printing house, as President Volodymyr Zelensky called out his western allies for not providing enough military support to rebuff Russian attacks.
“Recovery efforts in the Kharkiv region after Russian terror attacks continued throughout the day. Among Russia’s targets was one of Ukraine’s largest printing facilities. Russian missile strike killed and injured a number of people. Book storage and equipment were destroyed by fire. Many Ukrainian publishers had their books printed there. And this is the target that Russian terrorists chose. They want to burn and destroy all aspects of life”, read a part of the tweet of President Zelensky.
Moscow’s forces have hammered the northeastern city for months and launched a ground assault into the north of the surrounding region on May 10, an offensive that Kyiv says has stalled on two lines of attack for now.
Authorities said Russia fired about 15 missiles at the city and the nearby town of Liubotyn, targeting mostly transport infrastructure and a large printing house in Kharkiv where around 50 people were located at the time of the strike.
Smoke poured out of a gaping hole torn in the roof of the structure. Exhausted rescue workers hauled out bodies in plastic bags from the building. Charred pages from books were scattered on the ground.
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