KYIV: Not less than one individual was killed and 15 wounded in a Russian missile strike on a clinic within the jap Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned.
He denounced the assault as against the law towards humanity, and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry known as it a severe warfare crime underneath the Geneva Conventions, which set out how troopers and civilians ought to be handled in warfare.
Video footage confirmed a devastated constructing with smoke pouring out of it and rescue employees trying on. A lot of the higher ground of what gave the impression to be a three-storey constructing had been badly broken, as had vehicles parked close by.
“One other (Russian) missile assault, one other crime towards humanity,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.
“The buildings of a psychological clinic and a veterinary clinic within the metropolis of Dnipro had been destroyed. As of now, one individual was killed and 15 had been wounded.”
Russia has denied repeated accusations that its troopers have dedicated warfare crimes in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officers mentioned earlier on Friday that air defences had shot down 10 missiles and greater than 20 drones launched by Russia in in a single day assaults on the capital Kyiv, Dnipro and jap areas.
Reuters was unable to confirm the stories.
Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 15 months in the past, didn’t instantly touch upon the reported air strikes however mentioned Ukraine had struck two areas in southern Russia with a rocket and a drone.
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