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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned both Russia and Ukraine on Thursday over rising civilian deaths, calling the escalating strikes on populated areas a violation of international law that “must stop immediately”. The rebuke followed a Russian missile attack on Kyiv a day earlier that killed no fewer than 17 individuals – seen as retaliation for Ukraine’s strikes on e-commerce giant Wildberries.
Separately, two individuals were wounded in a Russian attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as documented by Oleksandr Ganzha, the head of the regional military administration. A drone attack on a van wounded six individuals in the southern region of Kherson, the regional administration stated on Telegram.
Three more individuals were killed overnight and no fewer than 19 others wounded in Russian attacks in the northern region of Sumy. Twelve individuals were wounded in the city of Sumy following an attack with guided aerial bombs, as documented by Ukrainian police.
Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Balakliya, in the eastern Kharkiv region, following Russian strikes on homes killed three individuals, authorities stated on the Telegram messaging app. Vitalii Karabanov, head of the military administration in the front-line city, stated the victims were two women and a man.
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemns both Russia and Ukraine for rising civilian deaths in ongoing war. Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed no fewer than six individuals overnight, local authorities have stated, as Moscow shot down 605 Ukrainian drones over its territory and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
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